WELCOME TO JANUARY 2018... FRESH START, NEW BEGINNINGS
Words Dan and James Hutton

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elcome to the January 2018
edition of The Beast – the
monthly magazine for Sydney’s
Beaches of the East - and a happy
New Year to you all!
Local actor and Flickerfest
ambassador Anna Bamford graces
our cover this month. Anna has
starred alongside screen giant Cate
Blanchett and has an impressive
television career with roles in Wonderland and Home and Away.
In local news, Angira Bharadwaj
has filed a piece outlining the new
campaign for a new public high
school in the Eastern Suburbs. The
options for local parents who can’t
afford to send their kids to private
school are very limited at present
and there seems to be plenty of support for the movement.
Siriol Dafydd has written an
article about the rules regarding alcohol consumption on our beaches
and public parks this summer, with
particular reference to the Australia

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Day public holiday. If you’re keen
to celebrate the day with a few cold
ones, save yourself the hassle and
either go to a pub or drink at home.
In light of the recent purchase
of Bondi’s iconic Royal Hotel by
Justin Hemmes’ Merivale Group,
Waverley Councillor Dr Marjorie
O’Neill has penned a piece on the
importance of these establishments
to the local community, providing
an interesting and balanced perspective from a local resident who
was born and bred in the Eastern
Suburbs and has been around long
enough to see the area experience
significant change.
Bronte’s favourite son, Duncan
‘The Horse’ Horscroft, has taken an
arvo away from his ever-expanding
army of grandkids to write about
Bondi Beach’s recent recognition as
a National Surfing Reserve, thanks
to the hard work of locals like John
Sullivan. National Surfing Reserve
status officially acknowledges the

local community’s long-term association with the beach and the surf,
and Bondi’s place as one of Australia’s greatest surfing locations.
In local history, John Hamilton
caught up with Sandy Harbutt,
director of 1970s Aussie cult film,
Stone. In their interview, Sandy
remembers the day that career
stuntman Peter Armstrong took a
death-defying motorbike leap off
an 80 foot cliff near Lurline Bay - a
spectacular stunt that would never
be attempted today.
Thanks again to everyone
involved in the production and
delivery of our little local publication each month, thanks to the local
business owners and management
teams for putting your faith in
us to promote your businesses to
local residents and visitors to the
area, and thanks to all of our loyal
readers for taking the time to enjoy
The Beast.
Dan and James - Publishers

earl is no oracle, but while
casting my prophetic eye back
over 2017 I realised my favourite fruit, the humble blueberry,
had proven to be my crystal ball.
Being demoted from its number
one position in the List of Super
Foods for 2017 and cast aside for
some slimy, vile fermentation, the
blueberry was a harbinger of the
madness ahead.
2017’s tone was set early with
the inauguration of President
Trump, the man sent down by
God to assist the wealthy and
neo-conservatives regain their
rightful place at the helm of the
world after the long-haired lefties
had destroyed it under Obama.
With a few mass shootings thrown
in to prove the NRA were still in
control, America had returned to
its nut-job glory.
And, with America being Australia’s closest ally and social barometer, it was only right that our
politicians should follow Trump’s
lead on social and ecological
degradation in 2017. First off the
block was the announcement in
January that Centrelink would
expand its unethical data match-

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ing debt recovery system, a move
which failed to receive publicity,
with the media instead deeming
welfare recipients far more worthy
of Ray Hadley’s talkback wrath
than tabloid newsprint. While the
Federal Government continued
its reign of terror on society’s most
vulnerable, it hypocritically allowed
directors of liquated companies to
escape liability for $1.6 billion of
unpaid wages, leaving taxpayers to
foot the bill of Maserati-driving
bankrupts. And, as I write this
column, it has been revealed that
ExxonMobil has paid zero tax on
its revenue of $18 billion.
Next on my radar for 2017 was
the future of the Great Barrier
Reef, one of the Seven Wonders
of the Natural World, which is
set to be sacrificed, along with
Queensland’s ground water (which
is being provided for free), so
that a dubious company called
Adani can export coal from their
Carmichael mine to India. Funny
that this “poverty-busting miracle”
of capitalism will require taxpayer
funding to destroy this precious
gift from nature, along with the
Queensland tourism industry.

And, talking of taxpayer funding, what about the $160 million
marriage equality plebiscite?
Australia has conveniently overlooked the man responsible for this
malarkey, John Howard, who in
2004 amended the Marriage Act to
exclude gay couples. Dare I suggest
the Federal Government recover
the plebiscite’s cost from Johnny
by garnisheeing his parliamentary
pension and speaker engagement
fees? And, when it comes to being
overlooked, Julie Bishop (who
should go down in history as the
lawyer who represented CSR in its
fight against asbestosis compensation) was at her diplomatic best
trusting that Donald Trump would
“find new and creative ways to deal
with North Korea,” while accusing the Prime Minister of NZ of
meddling in Australia’s citizenship
debacle. It was when this ridiculous
debacle resulted in an indigenousidentifying woman losing her seat,
while Matthias Cormann retained
his, that I knew that I should have
succumbed to fermented slop and
taken up Goat Yoga!
Happy 2018 Australia! Keep on
Rocking in the Free World!

THE BEAST'S MONTHLY MAILBAG
Words The People of the Eastern Suburbs
KATE'S GREAT
Congratulations on your excellent
cover story on Kate McClymont in the
December 2017 edition of The Beast.
Kate is a truly inspirational investigative journalist who has done so much
to expose serious political and corporate corruption in New South Wales,
often at great risk to her career and
personal safety. Great to see she hasn't
lost her sense of humour along the way
and enjoys our neighbourhood too.
Your profile highlighted the significant obstacles impeding the work
of people like Kate, most importantly
the high cost of ASIC and property
searches. Why does Australia, unlike
other developed economies, continue
to charge for information that is
essential for such investigations?
Quite clearly this is a false economy,
if you consider Australia's history of
financial and political scandals.
At a time when both Federal
and State governments are slashing
ICAC budgets, the efforts of people
like Kate become even more vital, so
it was a relief to read she has no plans
to close up her laptop any time soon.
Jennifer Kitchener
Bondi Beach
HIRE BIKE DISGRACE
Dear Beast - Arriving home after
an overseas holiday, we find hire
bikes strewn over the pathways, leant
against fences, and always looking
abandoned. Normally our council
would slap a sign on discarded items
and fine the owners, so why, oh why,
has Randwick Council allowed these
hire bike companies to litter our
streets with their bikes?
It is interesting to note that Holland, the home of the bike, has had to
bring in special legislation to deal with
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which is that they must have stands
or locales to dock them or they will
have the bikes confiscated and a fine
will need to be paid for their return.
When share cars and GoGet
came into the area, they had copious
amounts of legislation to deal with.
When it’s bikes there seems to be
a total lack of thought, legislation,
or monitoring done. Shame on you
councillors, littering our streets.
Margaret
Coogee
PLENTY OF ROOM FOR BUBBLERS
When opening the new change
rooms, toilets, and showers at Coogee
Beach, the then mayor stated that
they were a “well designed facility”. In
the entrance to the facility there are
sixteen taps over a large basin, but not
one of these taps is a drinking bubbler.
The nearest drinking bubbler, I
was advised by Randwick Council, is
in Goldstein Reserve, which is up a
flight of steps on street level. This is
quite a hike for young children, the
elderly, and anyone with a handicap.
There is plenty of room to put
drinking bubblers on the beach level!
Is this Randwick Council strictly
enforcing the ‘no drinking on the
beach’ rule? Get serious Randwick
Council and improve your “well
designed facility”.
Graham Russell
Clovelly
RESPONSE TO DONALD OCKHAM
Thanks for your response to my
article Donald (Letters, The Beast,
December 2017). A few quick questions: Do you eat fish? Do you eat
sashimi or tinned tuna? Do you realise that each year over 5,000 tonnes
of southern bluefin tuna are sanctioned to be caught by DPI Fisheries

Management by commercial anglers
in Australian waters for the domestic
and international market?
This image that upsets you is
of one angler with one 130kg fish,
which was respectfully caught,
respectfully dispatched of, and carefully cut up to provide meals and
sustenance to over 100 people.
The photo and the article were
specifically chosen to bring some
intelligent discussion to the situation
of the bluefin tuna population which,
through careful management, is on
the slow increase.
Your call for The Beast to be more
discerning with their choice of contributors is offensive to me, coming
from someone who probably doesn't
fish and doesn't know the first thing
about what they're writing - just
simply adding to the Nanny State
knee-jerk reactions of your aging
counterparts by blabbing based on
emotions rather than facts and data.
If I'm wrong I'd love to hear more
from you on what you've read about
sustainable fishing science and the
plight of the southern bluefin tuna.
Dan Trotter
Bondi
DISGRACEFUL
Hello - I am taking the time to write
this mail because I have been very
offended by your December calendar
of events. On page 42, you can see
a picture of a dirty pig dribbling to
represent the Food Addicts Anonymous meetings. It is so disrespectful
and disgraceful to do that!
Food addiction is not a joke. I am
waiting for a written apology from
the events publisher and I will make
sure that this page will go viral.
Morgan
Coogee
MIDDLE-AGED MEN IN LYCRA
D Richards of Clovelly rightly points
out the total disregard with which the
bike hire ‘companies’ treat the community by littering the streets with their
rubbish yellow and red bikes (Letters,
The Beast, December 2017). I’m at a
loss as to how they make a profit; I
have had two bikes sitting outside my
home for two months - makes one
wonder what they are really up to.
The other issue is the lycra lads.
I walk every day at Centennial Park
and the MAMILs (middle-aged men
in lycra) treat the park as their own
private racing and training facility.

God help pedestrians, animals, or vehicles that get in their way. No leniency is shown; a mouthful of vitriol,
hand gestures, and threats being the
result of impeding their hairbrained
antics in any manner.
I wonder when these so-called
intelligent people will realise that if
they have a collision they will be the
ones seriously injured.
Chas Watts
Coogee
STILL A LONG WAY TO GO
Dear James and Dan - This is a congratulatory note to you. The ‘Yes’ vote
has been achieved. The ABC had no
other news, The Beast will probably
have comments as well.
Watching television yesterday, I
was pleased for all the smiling faces
and remarks. One particularly arrested my attention; one person said
something like this: “Yes, I can say
I'm pleased... but there is a long way
to go...” I'm sitting back and waiting.
Always love The Beast, both of you,
and darling, sensible Pearl. Many
good wishes for the coming season.
Francine
Address not supplied
ON YER BIKE
I just moved with my family back to
Sydney (I was born here, but left 49
years ago). The first thing that I did
was to buy a scooter. It is the best
way to move around cities, especially
Sydney, a traffic congested city with
poor infrastructure but definitely
great weather.
I have been driving motorbikes,
scooters, and bicycles in many different countries including Italy, UK,
Germany, and Singapore, and I am
shocked about how difficult it is here
for whoever decides to leave the car at
home and jump on the two-wheelers.
The last drop that made me write
this letter was that I got stopped by
the police at one traffic light in Tamarama. The reason was that I overtook
a truck that had stopped at the traffic
light, leaving a big gap on its left for
me to pass safely. I explained to the
policeman that the reason I did it was
because I got all its fumes on my face.
The policeman did not care about my
explanation and went on citing how
many rules I broke and how dangerous my manoeuvre was!
I still fail to see his reasons as I do
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is dangerous. I feel more outraged
that trucks like this are permitted to
smog our environment and are free to
circulate in residential areas, against
the trend in all big cities, which are
outlawing or charging them heavily,
or at least imposing strict circulation
times. Anyway, the policeman was
there for a kill; he was waiting for
scooters to commit a mistake.
So, here are my thoughts on this
matter: first, the Police in Sydney are
there not to protect you, but only to
sanction, especially with motorbikes.
Second, the environment is super
aggressive versus the two-wheeler, and
car drivers are usually unaware of them,
or even annoyed by their presence on
‘their’ roads (most of the time they will
block you if they can). And, last but not
least, the community and authorities
do not support this mode of transport
with positive campaigns, more parking
spots (it's very difficult to park in the
CBD, for example) and preferential
roads, especially for bicycles.
I would love to see more people
using the two-wheelers for their
everyday life commitments, thus
minimising wasted time in traffic and
actually helping to reduce it.
Christian Porath
Tamarama
RECIPE QUERY
Hi there - A member of our organisation rang to find out where “gluten
free” oats can be sourced in Australia
(as per the “Lunch Box Friendly
Choc Chip Oat Cookies” recipe in
your November 2017 edition). Unfortunately there is no such thing here,
as our food standard does not permit
oats to be labelled “gluten free”. This
does differ to other countries’ food
legislation, hence the confusion.
Our position statement on oats
may help to explain the concern with
this recipe: https://www.coeliac.org.
au/uploads/65701/ufiles/Position_
Statements/CAPSOats.pdf
If you receive any queries about
this from your readers, please feel free
to direct them to us.
Penny Dellsperger
Technical Officer - Coeliac Australia
CHRISTMAS ELECTRICITY COSTS
Attention Pearl Bullivant - A suggestion in response to last month's
article (It Is Easy Being Green, The
Beast, December 2017):
1. Set up a site near the fitness equipment at North Bondi Surf Club.

2. Install a bike-generator to illuminate displays for peoples’ charity
of choice - St Vincent de Paul, the
Red Cross, surf clubs, or a sponsored
Christmas tree, etc.
3. Get all those fitness addicts who
frequent the area to get on the bike
to keep the lights on.
4. Charge them an entry fee for their
efforts on a ‘weight-for-age’ basis, and
an auctioned time slot for ‘specials’ like
New Years Eve, but rebate the cost to
the winning participant, and publish
all the names and times achieved.
Reg Seally
Bondi
NOT SO TRIVIAL TRIVIA
“Question 2: Who was the youngest
ever number 1 ranked tennis player?”
Martina Hingis became the
youngest tennis player to be ranked
number 1 on March 31, 1997, at age
16 years and 5 months. She has our
Lleyton cover by over four years.
Given the casual sexism of this
error, it might be an idea to prepare a
correction for the January issue.
Tim Coghlan
Waverley
DODGY FOXES
There have been a number of sightings of foxes around Maroubra and
Coogee in recent weeks, so the letter
in your December edition (Fox on
Coogee Beach) is on trend. But I
would like to know more about the
writer’s mates he regularly runs with,
particularly the alert mate, Richard,
who said, “There's a fox running along
the beach.” I would like to know what
are the mates’ businesses, where they
are located, and if any of them are the
principals of their businesses. After
all, if it is good enough for the letter
writer to get free advertising for his
business, then why not his mates,
too? Come to think of it, in future, all
principals of local businesses should
start their letters off that way, nothing
like free advertising.
Lionel
Maroubra (retired, no need to advertise)
R.I.P. MORE GREEN SPACE
Dear Editor - Both Waverley Labor
and Greens campaigned promising
more green space. The slogan, “More
Green Space,” featured prominently
on the Greens election flyer.
So it is ironic that one of the first
acts of Waverley’s new Labor/Greens
council is to kill off the possibility of

acres of extra green space. Where?
Adjacent to Bondi Beach. How? By
voting to not even explore the option
of relocating the car park underground.
How much green space have we
lost? Queen Elizabeth Drive and
Park Parade occupies 17,595 square
metres, based on a width of 15.3
metres and length of 1150 metres, so
1.75 hectares of potential extra green
space is gone for the community.
Turning the overground car park
into recreational space would’ve
given us extra parkland. We could’ve
had extra tables and seating, as well
as room to expand the overcrowded
playground and outdoor gym. We
would’ve removed a dangerous pedestrian hazard where kids are jumping
in front of oncoming cars as they
cross to the beach. Many drivers are
not adhering to the 10 kilometres per
hour limit and not looking straight
ahead while driving past the Pavilion,
making it unsafe - especially when
children try to run across.
A tree-shaded pedestrian boulevard
on Queen Elizabeth Drive would’ve
provided much needed relief from
the heat, especially important for the
elderly in summer, and overcrowding
on the current promenade would’ve
been eased. An urban heat island
would’ve been removed. Park Parade,
behind the Pavilion, could've been a
tree-shaded parkland.
Instead, Council has decided to
maintain a concrete eyesore that
belongs in the 1920s. Never mind that
most visitors arrive by public transport,
and will increasingly do so in a city
whose population is growing rapidly.
Actually, my preference is for
the underground car park to not be
built at all, but have the overground
car park turned into green space
nonetheless. However, knowing the
attitude of some local motorists, the
loss of hundreds of car parking spaces
is probably not realistic. These motorists have complained loudly about
walking an extra minute or two from
an underground car park, so God
only knows what their reaction would
be if the car spaces were removed.
I remember in 1986 when Sydney
City Council announced plans to
pedestrianise a section of Pitt Street
in time for the Bicentennial; a lot of
motorists were not happy. But was it
worth it? Yes!
Many Coogee residents in the late
1980s grumbled when Beach Street
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even imagine Coogee Beach without
that adjacent green space!
In the 1950s the green space of
the Domain was used as an outdoor
car park, until Sydney Council put
it underground at the end of that
decade. So it can be done in the ‘50s,
but not in 2017?
A council in Melbourne (Stonnington) is putting a car park
underground to create 9,000 square
metres of green space in Cato Street,
Prahran, and, on the North Shore,
Ku-ring-gai Council is transferring
an overground car park underground
to create Lindfield Village Green.
These councils can do it, but Waverley Council can’t do it in one of the
world’s most famous locations.
In Seoul they knocked down a
major highway running through the
heart of the city so that a large area
could be given back to the people as
recreational space. This was spearheaded by their mayor, who said, “A
city is for people, not cars!” (Cheonggyecheon restoration project).
These projects took courage and
vision, and while people may not be
pushing for it and you only hear complaints from those who believe they’re
adversely affected, in the end the
vast majority of people have always
welcomed more recreational space.
Those civic leaders endured shortterm difficulties to deliver long-term
benefits for their community. The extra green space they delivered will be
enjoyed for centuries to come. Mayor
Wakefield should take note.
Having an ugly, dangerous 1920s
concrete car park occupying 1.75
hectares of valuable space, in such a
popular location, is obsolete in my
opinion. Especially in light of the
fact Sydney’s population is rising by a
million every decade. It is a polluted
urban heat island that should be
replaced with grass, trees, and recreational infrastructure.
It is a shame Mayor Wakefield
hasn't got the courage to implement
this change. It is a shame Deputy
Mayor Kanak has reneged on the
Greens’ promise on their election flyer
of “More Green Space”. Most of all,
it is a shame for the local community,
visitors, and the children whose safety
will continue to be compromised.
“More Green Space”? More like
“R.I.P. More Green Space”!
Regards
Bill Davies
Bondi

CHRISTMAS DAY
Whilst walking up and down the street
And passing folks I never meet,
I tried to catch a wandering eye
Of any of the passers by,
But all of them, it seemed to me,
Were focussed on the Christmas tree
And Santa Claus in all the shops
And all the other plastic props
From jingle bells to tinsel teeth
To God knows what and goodness grief.
And so I thought it just the time
To write a little Christmas rhyme
Which might, so long as it was read,
Sometime before you went to bed,
Remind us of the reason for,
The Christmas tree, the props and more,
Where long ago in Bethlehem
A child was born and holy men
On camels came with precious things
To place before the King of Kings.
And angels who were heard on high
Were jamming music in the sky
And singing hymns to all on Earth
About the wondrous glorious birth
Of Jesus, have you heard the news?
Of Jesus, tell them in the pews
But please don’t ram it down their throat
Or tell them they’re a Billy Goat
Just make the point in subtle ways
This ain’t the “happy holidays”
This is in fact a Godly feast
As they will tell you in The Beast.
Peter Manus Strain
Bondi Beach

my wife along the waterfront and
heading down to the Pavilion for
a pizza.
Do you have a favourite sporting
team? The Sydney Swans. I love
to watch them play at the SCG,
their games are always so fast and
exciting. I love the NRL and the
rugby union, but the AFL is my
passion.
What music are you into at the
moment? To be honest, I'm pretty
open to all types of music, but I
really enjoy house and rock. I saw
Live in concert at the Hunter Valley recently, which was awesome.
Who is your favourite person? My
wife Kate. We met at the Coogee
Palace over 12 years ago and we
have been best mates ever since.
She makes me laugh and we truly
enjoy hanging out.

A moving tribute.

LOCAL BLOKE...
ZAK CLARK FROM COOGEE
Interview and Picture James Hutton

C

oogee's Zak Clark has been
running Clark Removals for
20 years, taking the hassle out of
what is quite possibly the world's
most annoying job. He shares his
local favourites with The Beast...
How long have you lived here?
I've lived in Coogee for 30 years.
My family grew up here, I love the
suburb, and I hope to stay for life.
What's your favourite beach?
Coogee Beach is my favourite. It’s
so picturesque with the landscape,
cliffs, and grassy areas. I actually
proposed to my wife on the clifftops, so it’s a special place for me.
What's your favourite eatery?
The Coogee Pavilion is one of my
favourites, I love their chicken
burger and pizza; Barzura is excellent, with good food and a perfect
spot to sit overlooking the water;
you can’t beat Sugar Cane for highend Asian food; Little Kitchen has
the best coffee and breakfast.
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Where do you like to have a drink?
Again, the Coogee Pavilion. On
a nice day, it's spectacular up at
the top bar and ground floor. The
Coogee Legion Club is great for a
beer too, it's cheerful with a great
community atmosphere.
Best thing about the Eastern
Suburbs? The lifestyle. We are
within walking distance of parks,
stunning coastal walks, and the
best beaches in the world, and we
are blessed with the world's most
impressive variety of cuisine.
Worst thing about the Eastern Suburbs? Not being able to get a park,
especially for my work trucks, and
housing prices are astronomical,
but I feel blessed to be so close to
the beach.
What do you get up to on the weekends? I enjoy catching up with our
families that all live locally, often
over yum cha, which is a family
tradition. Also, I enjoy walks with

What do you do for work? I am the
owner of a removal business called
Clark Removals. I've been running
the business for 20 years, predominantly in the Eastern Suburbs.
I’m actively involved and I truly
care about providing an excellent
service and a hassle-free move for
my clients.
What's your favourite thing about
work? Meeting new people every
day and making their moving
experience as stress-free as possible; getting to the end of a long,
physical day and seeing my clients
happy in their new homes. My
team and I enjoy the physicality of
the work as it helps us keep fit and
healthy.
Do you have a favourite quote?
“Whether you think you can or
you think you can’t, you’re right.”
- Henry Ford
Any other words of wisdom for
readers of The Beast? Get down
to Coogee and go for a walk along
the waterfront - if you head south
it's quieter and picturesque. And
if you're moving soon, give us a
buzz and support a reliable local
removal business.

Spectacular beaches,
beautiful sunrises, and
some of the most stunning
residences in Australia...
It's no wonder that the Eastern Suburbs is one
of Sydney's most desirable locations to live.
It's about feeling at home, wherever you go.
So, whether you're moving in, or moving on,
call Mary Howell. She will make sure you feel
right at home, wherever you are.
MARY HOWELL
0414 400 345
maryhowell@theagency.com.au

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they love. Readers of The Beast can
get organised and stay focused on
what really matters by downloading my free weekly planner at
www.luminatelife.com.au.
What's your favourite thing about
work? It is incredibly rewarding
supporting women from all walks
of life to step into their ‘personal
power’, get greater clarity on their
vision for their lives, call bullsh*t
on any limiting beliefs that are
holding them back, and to really
go for it in their lives, relationships, and careers.

She dreamed, she believed, and she succeeded.

LOCAL CHICK... MEL BRODIE FROM BONDI
Interview and Picture James Hutton

B

ondi's Mel Brodie is the
founder of Luminate Life, a
personal development brand with a
mission to help women reclaim joy
and balance in their lives. She shares
her local favourites with The Beast...
How long have you lived here? My
husband, two step children, two
pugs, and I moved to the Eastern
Suburbs in late 2013. There must
be something in the Bondi water
because three weeks later I fell pregnant with our now three year-old.
What's your favourite beach? I
love wandering down to Bondi and
finding a quiet spot on the grass or
sand to journal and set my goals
and intentions for the week. I also
love a dip at Bronte rock pool.
What's your favourite eatery?
After a busy week juggling work,
life, and family, I love reconnecting with my husband, family, and
friends at China Diner.
Worst thing about the Eastern
Suburbs? As a mindset and soul
coach, I aim to focus on the positives in life and practise gratitude.
With that said, I sure am grateful
whenever I find a car spot on the
weekends!
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Best thing about the Eastern
Suburbs? As a reformed ‘overdoer’,
I love that I can always find ways
to recharge my batteries in this
beautiful area. I also love that
wherever I go I come across likeminded souls who are interested
in conscious living and in rising
up and showing up in the world
as their amazing, true, authentic
selves.
Where do you like to have a drink?
As a working mum, my drink of
choice these days is coffee. I love
the atmosphere and the eclectic
styling at Katipo on Bondi Road.
Do you have a favourite sporting
team? I've got some family members that are long suffering Eels
supporters, and I'd like to see them
win a grand final in my lifetime.
What music are you into at the
moment? I've recently rediscovered the amazing Ben Lee, who
performed at One Space HQ a few
months ago.
What do you do for work? I'm a
mindset and soul coach with a
vision to support women to break
through ‘overwhelm’ and their own
internal BS to create a life that

Who is your favourite person? I'm
blessed to have lots of beautiful
souls in my life. My three yearold's smile lights up my life, and
no one makes me laugh like my
husband. I'm also inspired by the
life and teachings of the amazing
Louise Hay, who recently passed
away. Her legacy lives on in our
hearts and through her life's work.
Louise's affirmations, positive selftalk, and mirror work, have helped
me to transform my own life and
are an integral part of my ‘toolkit’
for clients.
What do you get up to on the weekends? After a full day with clients
on Saturdays, I like to chill out and
spend quality time with family,
friends, and me! I love getting my
hands dirty in our garden, taking
our dogs to the off-leash park at
Rose Bay, brunching at local cafés,
and browsing through markets.
Do you have a favourite quote?
“What you believe, you can
achieve.”
Any other words of wisdom for
readers of The Beast? You are
worthy and deserving of a life
filled with more joy and laughter,
more time to be you, more time
to breathe, and more time to just
‘be’. And if you needed even more
reason to make ‘you’ a priority in
your own life, here’s some more
food for thought: when you take
care of you, you show up better for
others. Your life is worth living, so
what are you waiting for?!

world class art,
food,
coffee
& love

203 Malabar Road, South Coogee
January 2018 | The Beast 21

MARCUS
Age 7 years
Sex Male
Breed English Staffy x
Weight 16.9kg

You bloody ripper!

THUMBS UP
LACHY LAM Watching a kid who you've known
since he was ten years old play so well and have so
much fun in his international debut is hard to beat.
NORTH RANDWICK The best suburb for slightly
overweight middle-aged white males that work
for banks and hate their lives.
MARRIAGE EQUALITY It's good to see Australia
finally coming out of the dark ages and extending
equal rights to our gay community.
HENRY THE CLEANER Every six months, when my
apartment becomes unliveable and a tree is growing out of my dunny, I call 0423 595 488.
GERTRUDE AND ALICE Even after all these years
it's still the most unique and original café in
Bondi. Jane Turner, you’re a legend.
SERVICES NSW I was blown away by the speed
and efficiency of the Bondi Junction branch on a
recent mission to renew a driver's licence.

THUMBS DOWN
THIEVES There's been a spate of break and enters
in Clovelly lately, all in broad daylight. If you
catch them, you're allowed to torture them.
IDIOTS THAT STOP ON HEWLETT STREET A foolproof way of identifying a visitor to the area. No
need to stop, you can get two cars through there!
BARKING DOGS IN CAFÉS Sometimes I wish the
local cafés would serve a side of laced mince with
my bacon and eggs so I could eat in peace.
RUDE POLICE I don't want to be one of those
idiots that hates cops, but they really make it difficult sometimes - show the public some respect.
22 The Beast | January 2018

Marcus is a sweet, obedient dog. He just wants to
hang around and spend time with you. Marcus loves
kids and toys, and he is very well-mannered. He came
from the pound with a ruptured cruciate ligament,
which has since been repaired. He walks on a loose
lead, ignoring dogs and cars. Marcus comes desexed,
C5 vaccinated, heartworm free, and microchipped.
Also included for the love and health of Marcus is a
free health and wellness voucher with the Doggie Rescue vet. For further details, please call Doggie Rescue
on 9486 3133, or email monika@doggierescue.com.

SIRIUS
Age 9 years
Sex Male
Breed Sharpei x
Weight 25kg
Sirius is a lovely, gentle boy who has been severely
neglected in the past. His ears and skin are still being
treated each week and are improving dramatically.
He is easy to handle and calm around other dogs.
Sirius needs encouragement to walk but ignores other
dogs and cars. He comes desexed, C5 vaccinated,
heartworm free, and microchipped. Also included for
the love and health of Sirius is a free health and wellness voucher with the Doggie Rescue vet. For further
details, please call Doggie Rescue on 9486 3133, or
email monika@doggierescue.com.

MALAKI
Age 2 years
Sex Male
Breed Wolfhound x
Weight 25.2kg
Malaki has a gentle, affectionate nature. He is social
with other dogs and happy with both men and
women. He walks at a good pace on a loose lead and
ignores passing cars. He has a tendency to jump, so
would be suited to a home with older kids. He loves
swimming and a game of tug. Malaki comes desexed,
C5 vaccinated, heartworm free, and microchipped.
Also included for the love and health of Malaki is a
free health and wellness voucher with the Doggie Rescue vet. For further details, please call Doggie Rescue
on 9486 3133, or email monika@doggierescue.com.

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ore kids, rampant residential
development, and soaring
private school fees are just some
of the reasons why the Eastern
Suburbs needs another public high
school, a new campaign is arguing.
CLOSEast, the parent body behind the campaign, told The Beast
that many schools in the area are
running at or over their capacity.
Licia Heath, the campaign’s
Co-Director, said the group is
preparing to provide an updated
submission to the Greater Sydney
Commission with more data on
why the need for a school is so
great.
“We haven’t had any opposition... we have more kids now in
the east than we did when we used
to have an additional five public
high schools in the east,” Ms
Heath said.
“If you have three kids, the
prospect of spending $34,000 each
per year [on private education],
is pretty unattainable for most
people.”
24 The Beast | January 2018

Ms Heath’s views are supported
by recent data from the Australia
Bureau of Statistics, obtained by
Fairfax Media.
In NSW, 50 per cent of all
families earning over $156,000 a
year are choosing public schools,
compared to 43.6 per cent 10 years
ago, the Sydney Morning Herald
reports.
Ms Heath said a potential
reason behind this trend could be
that more parents are now veering
away from religious education for
their children.
She added that the government’s move on the issue could
be a major factor in how the
community votes in the next State
election.
“If they choose not to commit
to building a new high school in
the east by September next year
then we know that’s not their
intent,” Ms Heath said.
“If the opposition do, then that
is how we will swing our votes.”
While local ministers have

shown some support for the campaign, Ms Heath said, “It's not as
much as we'd like.”
Michael Daley, Member for
Maroubra and Shadow Minister
for Planning and Infrastructure,
said he supports CLOSEast for
running this campaign.
“The Berejiklian Government
keeps shoving more density into
our area but they want to put their
heads in the sand when it comes
to new facilities like public high
schools,” Minister Daley said.
“I’m 100 per cent behind them
and all the other parents in our
area who just want a good education for our children - it’s not too
much to ask for!”
Gabrielle Upton, Member for
Vaucluse, did not comment on
whether enough is being done by
the government to alleviate this
issue.
“I look forward to meeting
again with the CLOSEast group
in the next few weeks to discuss
their important concerns about
Eastern Suburbs schools,” Minister
Upton said, as if she were a robot.
The Good Schools Guide
showed that within 5km distance
of Minister Upton's electorate, the
only public secondary schools are
Rose Bay Secondary College and
Sydney Distance Education High
School, which only accepts enrolments from students with special
circumstances.
There are several private alternatives to choose from, including
St Vincent's College, where year
12 costs parents $19,938, or Cranbrook School, where the same
costs $35,805.
Eastern Suburbs resident Ben
Davies said that while he will be
sending his children to fee-paying
high schools, he sympathises with
those being denied the choice of
public education.
“Given that there’s so much
development going on in the area
it’s likely there will be a shortage
of those kinds of resources,” Mr
Davies said.
“I’m certainly sympathetic to
people if they can’t find a school
for their kids in the area, regardless
of what your view is on education.”

DO YOU RECKON THE EASTERN SUBURBS NEEDS
A NEW PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL?
Words and Pictures Stiffy McPherson

Bev

Justin
BRONTE

NORTH BONDI
Absolutely. I’ve
got three grandkids at Bondi
Beach Public.
We’re having
a population
explosion and not
everybody in the
area earns over
$200k and can afford to send their
kids to private
school (and still
have a latté).

I say ‘yes’ to
that, but my
question would
be, ‘Where does
it go?’ There’s
not a lot of land
around here and
you don’t want
to lose any more
green space, but
it’s a great idea in
principle.

Rohan
BONDI

Sandy
BRONTE

There probably
isn’t any need
because anyone
that can’t already
afford to send
their kids to a
private school
won’t even be
able to afford to
live here anyway.

Yeah, without a
doubt. Vaucluse
High was the
best school ever.
I loved Vaucluse
High boys! So
many successful
people went there
- the Lowys, Dr
Phillip Stricker
(Head of Urology, St Vincent’s
Hospital), Phillip Wolanski...

Meggy
COOGEE

Steven
STH COOGEE

I do, yes. There’s
only Rose Bay,
which is bursting
at the seams, and
Randwick Boys
and Girls, so
there’s no public
co-ed option in
the east. Or, they
could put some
funding into the
existing ones and
bring the teaching up to scratch.

For sure. If they
got the local public schools up to
scratch, so many
people would
send their kids
to them. I’ve got
three boys and
my only option is
Randwick Boys,
which hasn’t got a
great reputation.
I wish there was
a better option.
January 2018 | The Beast 25

atching the world’s best
short films under the stars
at Bondi Beach sounds like the
perfect way to kick-off the new year.
Eastern Suburbs residents will
have access to the world’s most recognised short films this January, as
the 27th official Flickerfest comes
back home to Bondi Pavilion.
“After 27 years, I’m proud
that Flickerfest continues to be a
platform for the best of Australia’s,
and the world’s, most talented
filmmakers,” Festival Director
Bronwyn Kidd told The Beast.
“I’m very much looking forward
to showcasing another year of
brilliant short films to eager audiences, not just in Sydney but in
over 50 venues across Australia on
our national tour.”
The Academy accredited and
BAFTA-recognised festival has
recently closed entries and the
full program was announced on
December 12.
26 The Beast | January 2018

Some of the world’s leading talent will be on display at the Bondi
Pavilion from January 12-21.
The media got an early taste of
the festival’s 2018 offering at the
trailer launch, which was held at
the Bondi Icebergs on Monday,
December 4.
The event was a star-studded
affair with Alyssa McClelland,
Josh Lawson, Anna Bamford, and
Emma Lung in attendance.
“I think it's a really iconic festival for Australia,” local actor Anna
Bamford told The Beast.
“It’s a really great chance for
filmmakers to make something
and for their films to be seen and
their messages to be heard.
“I love Flickerfest, I've been
for the last couple of years and I
always love it.”
The launch also screened new
Australian film, FYSH, which was
selected for official competition at
Flickerfest this year.

Over 2,000 hopefuls have entered
the festival across its four main categories, and short films from around
the globe will have a chance to be
screened alongside films made in
Australia or by Australian residents.
National and international productions will also get their moment
in the spotlight, while students and
filmmakers under 18 can participate in the ‘FlickerUp’ category.
Movie-lovers can also enjoy
a drink with a spectacular view
of the beach at the festival’s bar,
which will be open every day during the screening periods.
The festival’s run last year saw it
bring together 22 world premieres
and 9 Australian premieres.
For more information and tickets,
visit www.flickerfest.com.au.
Tickets can also be purchased from
the box office at Bondi Pavilion
one hour prior to each session.

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BITS AND PIECES FROM AROUND THE BEACHES
Words Lisa Anderson Picture Ashlea Hingston Instagram @ashhingstonphotography
HOSPITAL REFURBISHMENT
The Prince of Wales Adult Emergency Department is about to be
refurbished and expanded, with
eight new treatment spaces to be
added so more people can be treated at any one time. The new Acute
Services Building, due to open in
2022, will be built to the west of
the existing campus. The project
will also deliver a new staff station
and refurbished bathrooms. The
existing Adult Emergency Department will remain operational at
all times during the works. Please
visit www.randwickcampusredevelopment.health.nsw.gov.au.
RANDWICK'S AWARDS HAUL
Randwick City Council’s Todd
Clarke was named the Institute of
Public Works Engineering Australia Young Engineer of the Year during a conference held in the Hunter
Valley recently. Randwick Council
also won the Multi-Disciplinary
Project Management Award for
their work on the Chifley Sports
Reserve, and was highly commended in the Environmental Enhancement Project or Initiative category
for their Seawater and Freshwater
Separation for Irrigation at Yarra
Bay project. Nice work! Please visit
www.randwick.nsw.gov.au.
PLAY SPORT AND EARN
Parents of school children across
the Eastern Suburbs are encouraged
to take advantage of the $100 ‘Active Kids’ rebate for sporting and
fitness related costs. From January
31, parents will be able to claim up

Soaked.

to $100 per school-enrolled child
per calendar year as a voucher to
reduce the cost of eligible sport
and fitness activities. Through Active Kids, the government wants
to make sport more affordable and
continue their target of reducing
childhood obesity rates by five per
cent over ten years. Every family
has access to this initiative, so
please check out the guidelines at
www.sport.nsw.gov.au/activekids.
SUMMERAMA 2018
This year’s Summerama has amazing family-friendly activities for all
ages. Get down to Bondi Park and
Bondi Beach on Sunday, January 14
to learn about some of the incredible animals who call Waverley's
ocean and bushland home. You can
participate in fun recycling and litter challenges, or just go along and
chat to the Second Nature team for
tips on how to live more sustainably.
Activities are free, but bookings are
essential at www.eventbrite.com.au.
For more information, please email
secondnature@waverley.nsw.gov.au.
RANDWICK'S GREEN HAT-TRICK
For the third year in a row, Randwick Council has been awarded
the Going Green Education
Award at the Blue Star Sustainability Awards. The award, which
is for Council’s Eco-living Fair,
recognises outstanding environmental education programs that
help residents achieve sustainability by fostering community
awareness and behavioural change.
This is the first time a council

has taken out the same Blue Star
Sustainability Award three years
in a row. For more information on
Council’s sustainability programs,
visit www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/
environment-and-sustainability.
RETURN & EARN FOR VINNIES
The St Vincent de Paul Society
NSW is excited to have been
named as one of the initial donation partners under the NSW
Government’s Return & Earn
Scheme, which started on December 1 at locations across NSW. All
funds donated to Vinnies by consumers using the Reverse Vending
Machines will be used to help run
their accommodation and support
services, such as counselling and
case management, for vulnerable
and disadvantaged people. Get behind the Return & Earn Scheme
and you will be doing something
for the environment and for people
doing it tough at the same time.
Please visit www.vinnies.org.au.
FREE WI-FI IN BONDI JUNCTION
Waverley Council has launched
free Wi-Fi for the public in Bondi
Junction, thanks to a $160,000
grant from the State Government.
The grant will see state-of-the-art
Wi-Fi access points on Spring
Street and Oxford Street Mall.
Free Wi-Fi was first launched at
Bondi Beach in 2012 - the first
Australian beach to offer it. Since
then, Waverley Park, Tamarama
Beach, Bronte Beach, and Waverley Library have all had Wi-Fi
installed.

can’t you consume alcohol? And
are there any public areas where
you can guzzle down a sausage
sizzle, listen to Triple J, and enjoy
some beers this ‘Straya Day?

The fuzzy muff.

TO BEER OR NOT TO BEER?
THAT IS THE QUESTION
Words Siriol Dafydd Picture Em Tiyabirout

W

hether we like it or not,
Australians are synonymous
with drinking. We’re a good-time,
“She'll be right” kind of nation,
for whom enjoying a cold VB
is a fundamental human right.
Sadly, however, not all humans
can handle their grog and some
are downright disrespectful after a
couple (or dozens) of cold ‘uns.
It’s a tale as old as time... soccer
fans in England and Wales chug
their drinks during intervals because drinking “within view of the
pitch” has been banned since 1985
(it doesn’t apply to real sports like
rugby and cricket), Swedes have
to meticulously plan boozy nights
and purchase alcohol from government owned retailers with strict
regulations, while the US famously
banned alcohol for over ten years!
And our beautiful Eastern
Suburbs are no exception. Thanks
to drunken idiots taking the piss
(cheers, Coogee-gate 2016),
alcohol in most beaches and parks
is prohibited. Earlier this year
Randwick Council said, “It is
disappointing we have to take such
a strong stance, but we need to
reassure the community that they
can feel safe.”
Upon the request of NSW Police,
Randwick Council imposed additional bans on public holidays this
30 The Beast | January 2018

Christmas and New Year “to reduce
the potential for alcohol-fuelled antisocial behaviour in known hotspots”.
Council believes “the absence
of alcohol restrictions in itself
becomes an ‘attracter’ to Council’s
parks and reserves, making these
places the preferred destination for
mass gatherings promoted through
social media, as was the case at
Coogee last Christmas Day.”
Of 33 parks listed on Waverley
Council's website, only two don’t
specifically prohibit alcohol. A
spokesperson explained they want
“everyone to enjoy the holiday
season in a safe and responsible
manner… We encourage everyone
to use our parks and beaches without consuming alcohol.”
But is this over-policing, or a sad
necessity? Many business owners
oppose these bans, whereas other
locals find it necessary for public
safety. Personally, I feel I can be
trusted to drink (vaguely) responsibly and clean up after myself, so
why should I be punished? Unfortunately, however, social media (and
idiotic humans) has undeniably
upped the ante on public holidays.
But do we need a permanent
ban? Is year-round prohibition
protecting or restricting locals?
Whatever your opinion, let’s look
at the logistics. Where can and

WAVERLEY
Throughout Bondi, Bronte, Tamarama, Dover Heights, Vaucluse,
Queen’s Park, and Waverley, all
beaches and most parks are alcohol
free. The only parks where alcohol
prohibition is not specified are
Barracluff Park (North Bondi)
and Dudley Page Reserve (Dover
Heights). Both parks are regularly
hired for events and sporting activities so they aren’t always fully
open to the public (basically, don’t
count on them for Australia Day).
RANDWICK
All beaches and adjacent parks
prohibit alcohol year-round. The
good news is you can usually enjoy
a drink in Burrows Park, Bundock
Park, and Gordons Bay (Clovelly),
as well as Jack Vanny Reserve and
Arthur Byrne Reserve (Maroubra).
Cromwell Park (Malabar) and
Yarra Recreation Reserve (La Perouse) have the same rules. The bad
news is that even these areas are
now alcohol free on Australia Day.
CENTENNIAL PARK
The responsible consumption of
alcohol is permitted within most
of the park during opening hours.
However, it is mainly families that
enjoy a quiet drink with a picnic on
Australia Day, and management
reserves the right to declare any
part of the Parklands an alcoholfree zone and will remove anyone
behaving inappropriately. Good.
So where does that leave us? If you
want to celebrate ‘Straya Day locally
with booze, host a barbie or head to a
pub. Thanks to the 15 tonnes of garbage left in Coogee last Christmas,
you ain’t partying on public grounds.
But let’s see this as glass-halffull. Most of the year, there are ten
parks you can visit for a few cheeky
beers. Just behave, steer clear of
social media, and for Pete’s sake
clean up after yourself or you’ll put
the kibosh on it for everyone!

fter almost two years in the
pipeline, Bondi Beach was
finally recognised as a National
Surfing Reserve (NSR) in early
December, at a launch at the northern end of the beach in front of a
host of dignitaries.
A Welcome to Country ceremony
and dance from Bradley Page, a
member of the Cadigal clan, was followed by the unveiling of a plaque by
Paul Toole, Minister for Lands, and
Waverley Mayor John Wakefield.
Local surfing identity John ‘Red
Ted’ Sullivan played an integral part
in getting the beach recognised as a
reserve following a visit by a group
of Peruvian surfers in February last
year representing the Huanchaco
World Surfing Reserve.
The Peruvians demonstrated
their surfing prowess on a ‘cabillito
de totora’, a reed paddle board
with origins dating back more
than 3,000 years. The copy of the
board was presented to the local
surfing community and is now
in storage awaiting a location for
permanent display.
“During the planning of that
visit we had discussions with the
Gold Coast World Surfing Reserve

32 The Beast | January 2018

and the question was asked by Andrew McKinnon and former world
surfing champion Wayne ‘Rabbit’
Bartholomew as to why Bondi had
not sought NSR status,” John told
The Beast.
“We had not considered the
prospect at that time but thought
‘what a great idea’ and followed that
up with a meeting with State Member for Vaucluse, Gabrielle Upton,
who then indicated her support.
“Also in support were the Bondi
and North Bondi surf clubs, the
Bondi boardriding clubs, Bondi
Icebergs, the local Business Chamber, and Bondi Beach Precinct.
“Our proposal was also
unanimously accepted by Waverley
Council.”
“Now, after almost two years, it
has all come to fruition and Bondi
has found its rightful place as an
iconic surfing location; hopefully it
will eventually meet the criteria of
World Surfing Reserve.”
National Surfing Reserve
status acknowledges Australia’s
greatest surfing locations together
with local surfing history and the
community’s association with the
beach and the surf.

The three criteria needed for an
NSR are good quality surf, a place
considered sacred by surfers, and
usage of the beach by the local and
broader surfing community.
In 2006 Maroubra became an
NSR and was the second in Australia behind Bells Beach, Victoria.
“Bondi Beach is an Australian
surfing icon known throughout
Australia and the world (through
television series Bondi Rescue),”
National Surfing Reserves founder
and patron Brad Farmer said.
“Bondi has surf in abundance and
its surf history and beach usage goes
back more than 150 years. It is truly
the surf capital of Australia and an
international surfing destination.
“In achieving NSR status we
would especially like to thank and
congratulate John Sullivan and
his Bondi NSR committee on
the 18 months of hard work that
went into the nomination and now
dedication of Bondi as an NSR.
“We also thank the honourable members from all three levels
of government for their visible
support and wish Bondi and the
broader community many sunny
days and great surf at Bondi.”

MORE BITS AND PIECES FROM AROUND THE BEACHES
Words Lisa Anderson Picture Persia Navidi Instagram @persia222
PAVILION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED
Members of the newly created
Bondi Pavilion Stakeholder Committee will help shape the future
refurbishment and upgrade of the
Bondi Pavilion. The committee was
chosen by an expression of interest
process and will consist of 17 members. The committee will initially
work on a matrix of recommended
desired uses and functions for the
Pavilion and will finalise its report
by late January so that Councillors can consider it at meetings in
early February 2018. The list of
appointed committee members can
be found on Council’s website at
www.waverley.nsw.gov.au.
CENTENNIAL PARKLANDS FUN
Centennial Park comes alive
with a fun-filled, action-packed
events calendar this summer.
From Aboriginal art classes and
hands-on cooking classes with
the Aboriginal chefs, to Painting
with Light and Exploring Science,
there's something for everyone in
the family. Let the kids explore the
park in the Bush Food Hunt or
join the Wild Play program, which
concentrates on water play during
those hot days. For more info, visit
www.centennialparklands.com.au.

Distant inferno.

RANDWICK COMMUNITY PLANS
Delivering quality services,
addressing domestic violence,
implementing anti-terrorism measures, and upgrading or building
new community facilities are part
of Randwick City Council’s ‘Our
Community Our Future’ plan,
which was launched recently and is
on public exhibition until February 1. Council has released three
funding options for community
feedback, which involve small
rates increases. An information
booklet and a reply-paid survey is
being mailed to every ratepayer in
Randwick City in late December
2017. For more information, visit
www.yoursayrandwick.com.au/
OurCommunityOurFuture.
POP-UP MINI PUTT PUTT
Combining a love for mini-putt
putt and sustainability, local lad
Mat Fleming has designed a
mobile putt putt golf course using
recycled and reused materials. To
check it out, get along to Wairoa
School playground from January
8-19 between 10am and 4pm. Two
adults and two kids is only $20,
and if you donate your old putter,
you get a free game! Please visit
www.putterlycrazy.com.

WIPEOUT DEMENTIA
The property industry recently
held its second Wipeout Dementia
surf contest at Bondi Beach. Over
$120,000 was raised, making it the
most successful contest to date.
This fundraising campaign supports The Dementia Momentum,
an initiative that seeks to bring
researchers and the community
together to change the future of
dementia incidence. Please visit
www.thedementiamomentum.org.
FIXING THE COASTAL WALK
Following the wild storm of June
2016, which caused severe erosion
to Waverley Cemetery's gully and
undermined the structural integrity of the coastal walk, remediation works have commenced at
the cemetery's landslip and coastal
walk and will last approximately
9-12 months. The works will stabilise the existing embankment and
provide long term engineered reinforcement to protect the embankment, withstand the forecasted sea
level change, optimise stormwater
cleansing and passive irrigation,
create a habitat for local providence species, and create reflective
spaces for passive recreation. Visit
www.waverley.nsw.gov.au.

y now most local residents
would have heard the news
that well-known hotelier Justin
Hemmes has purchased The Royal
Hotel on Bondi Road. Does anyone really care? Does it matter who
owns a pub? Probably not, until it
starts to sink in just what it means
for this grand old establishment.
Some will be excited at the idea
of a new ‘trendy’ watering hole
in the heart of Bondi. Others,
however, will be nervously waiting
to see just how big a high-rise, or
how extensive a revamp, will be required to quench Justin’s thirst for
owning Eastern Suburbs hotels.
Whatever your view, the certain
transformation of one of the last
old school, blue-collar, working
class - and whatever else you wish
to call it - establishments in the
east provides us with a chance to
reflect on the role pubs play in our
community and broader society.
Increasingly, as we lose more
and more public open space to
development (a topic for another
time), the community turns to
public places like pubs; places
where we can gather with family
and friends and enjoy our leisure
time, without hammering the hip
pocket too much.
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Societal change is also impacting this trend. More people are
staying single for longer and living
in smaller spaces than a generation
ago, often in ‘the vertical village’.
Instead of church on a Sunday, or
backyard beers and cricket, people
- especially in the Eastern Suburbs
- are putting the ‘public’ back into
the ‘public bar’.
While many local residents
would like their social needs met
in the comfy old lounge bar of a
rustic hotel, the changing demographics of the area have meant
that the traditional characteristics
of our favourite establishments are
under pressure - think The Royal,
The Nelson, and The Clovelly
Hotel, and shed a tear for Billy The
Pigs, The Mill Hill, The Grand,
and The Watsons Bay Hotel (before it became Doyles’ Palace).
With the high turnover of
people in the Eastern Suburbs,
there is an increasing demand for
Hemmes-style redevelopments.
No more comfy old lounge bar
with ‘old mate’ pulling the beers now you have to dress like you’re
about to work a day trading derivatives and battle your way through
the throngs of elites soaking up the
‘ambience’ created by the smoothie

maker, while sampling the degustation menu (don’t even mention
that hip pocket).
A broader problem is that
everything starts to look generic.
Your old school, local establishments are now trendy hipster
dens - complete with tattooed
bearded guy behind the bar - on
every street corner of every suburb.
Bondi looks like Malibu, looks like
Coogee, looks like Santa Monica...
and so on.
But perhaps all is not lost with
the rise of the funky new ‘social
space’. The old school pub was not
always some egalitarian utopia.
Two generations ago, women had
limited access to pubs, there was no
such thing as ‘child friendly’, and
if loud music or a sea of pool tables
wasn’t your thing, the good old local probably wasn’t your cup of tea.
As a community, we need to
recognise how our lives are changing and decide what we want from
our community spaces, whether
they're privately or publicly owned.
What opportunities do these
newly ‘transmogrified’ emporiums
provide to meet the needs of current and future generations? There
could well be plenty of positives.
Rather than lament the past,
let’s tell Justin exactly what we
want from the new Royal. Do we
want our children to be able to join
us in our beer gardens? Is there a
greater need for kids’ play areas in
our pubs? Do we require free wi-fi
so we can mix work and play in
these spaces? Is first rate disabled
accessibility an utmost necessity
(of course it is)? And, to really
court controversy, should there
even be an alcohol-free area?
The development of pubs like
The Royal on private land cannot
be simply seen as a reinvigoration of old to new - from rustic
past to shiny future. Could this
space, however, provide a golden
opportunity to build community
social capital and redefine the way
our community interacts?
Dr Marjorie O’Neill is a current
Waverley Councillor. The views
expressed here are her own.

ith the height of summer
just around the corner, we
at ofo, the world’s leader in bike
share, are looking forward to
more locals and tourists enjoying
the glorious Eastern Beaches of
Sydney on our bright yellow bikes.
As the first to bring bike share to
Australia with endorsement from
local councils and a partnership
with the peak cycling advocacy
body, Bicycle NSW, we strive to
lead by example by operating in
Australia the right way.
By educating the public, speaking with councils, setting up local
preferred parking zones (marked
with a green P symbol in the app),
and having dedicated teams on the
ground to ensure the fleet are all
in top shape and parked correctly
with helmets, ofo aims to provide
the best possible bike-share for
Australians.
You might have seen us down
at Bondi Beach for our launch
on November 9, where we met
with locals as we launched 200
bikes in Bondi Junction, Bronte,
Tamarama, and Dover Heights.
We showed locals how easy it is to
ride with ofo; simply download the
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ofo app, unlock via Bluetooth, and
go! Even Hodgie and the team at
Bondi Radio had a go.
We believe that bike sharing is
the future of sustainable and healthy
transport options to get from point
A to B. That’s why, to date, ofo
has globally connected more than
10 million bikes in over 180 cities
across 20 countries, has been generating more than 32 million daily
transactions, and provided over 200
million global users with 4 billion
convenient and green rides.
Residents and visitors will be
able to rent bikes for as little as
$1.00 for 30 minutes, with an
individual ride cap of $5.00, and
no deposit or subscription, making
ofo the most competitively priced
bike share platform in the country.
People can try ofo’s lightweight,
geared bikes with their first ride free
and without providing their banking details, so why not try it?
Sydney’s Eastern Beaches are the
ideal location to embrace bike share
as it can fit into the already thriving
outdoor, healthy lifestyle that the
Bondi area encapsulates so well.
The bike share movement, and ofo,
was originally born in China, where

students would borrow each other’s
bikes instead of buying their own.
We started as a platform where
people could donate their own
private bike to the platform and
thereby gain access to an entire fleet
of bikes. Since then, we’ve grown
and now provide an even bigger
and more environmentally friendly
point to point mobility solution.
We are excited to be involved
in initiatives here in Australia
with Bicycle NSW, such as Gear
Up Girl, which aims to get more
young women out being active and
cycling. We’ll be announcing some
more exciting events around Sydney too, so keep an eye out for that.
On a more global scale, we have
also committed to environmental
agreements such as the United Nations Development Programme’s
C40 Cities ‘Benefits of Climate
Change’, as we believe that bikesharing provides a sustainable
solution to reducing transport
emissions.
Bike-share offers a great cost effective and healthy solution for getting around the Eastern Beaches,
so why not find yourself an ofo
using the app and try one today?

ighly sensitive documents
leaked exclusively to The Beast
expose the shocking truth behind
a push to forcibly remove residents
of Waverley Cemetery to make way
for an enormous new development.
Long and short-term residents
have reportedly been served with
compulsory acquisition notices to
allow for the immediate construction of the prestigious waterfront
development, which is apparently
promising “Views to Die For”.
An amalgam of Sydney’s most
prominent developers communicated with the residents through
an intermediary by the name of
Lou Seeffer.
Mr Seeffer is said to have a
long-standing relationship with
Sydney’s major developers. He has
promised all residents, who comply
with the order to vacate within the
fortnight, compensation adequate
“for the rest of their lives”.
Families of residents say they
had not been informed and were
utterly disgusted by the proposal,
especially since the cemetery is the
only one in NSW with renewable
tenure of graves.
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One family member asked Mr
Seeffer where his relative was supposed to go.
“Mr Seeffer said he could get us
a great deal on a property at a new
housing development out west, or
at an aged care facility, especially the ones featured recently on
ABC's 7:30.”
Another relative asked about
options for residents who didn’t
leave.
“These residents will have one
week to present their case to a review panel – in person,” explained
Mr Seeffer.
Waverley Council also claimed to
be unaware of the forced evictions
and is adamant that it is not even
in receipt of a development application for the proposed development.
Mr Seeffer appeared entirely unconcerned by the Council’s apparent ignorance, simply reminding
The Beast that, “These things have a
way of sorting themselves out.”
Details of the imminent development are a tightly held secret,
though The Beast has managed to
glean some information from the
leaked documents.

Possible names include ‘Nirvana’ or ‘Cielo’, and the land that
currently holds the cemetery’s
residents is likely to become the
loading dock, car park, and waste
centre, with commercial and residential facilities to be built on top.
The scale of the development
will require substantial excavation
to be achieved through blasting,
most likely with dynamite.
“Of course, this will be carried
out with minimal disruption to
neighbours,” promised Mr Seeffer.
Prospective residents who buy
off the plan will have the first opportunity to purchase special villas
named after the person on whose
grave they are built, and strong
bids are expected for villas named
Henry Lawson, Fanny Durack,
Lawrence Hargrave, and Dorothea
Mackellar.
Critics slammed the developers’ actions. A Bronte local, who
wished to remain anonymous, argued that, “Digging up graves for
a high-rise development is callous,
heartless and immoral!”
To which Mr Seeffer replied:
“It’s progress!”

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
A big Beastly welcome to the year
2018. Let's hope this one brings
us plenty of good weather, good
waves and good health, no more
stupid wars, and a government
that acts in the best interest of the
people they are supposed to serve.
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SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
Sydney Dance Company's school
holiday workshops are held over
four weeks at their iconic Wharf
Studios and other locations around
Sydney, providing an exciting environment for students to improve
their dance techniques. Please visit
www.sydneydancecompany.com.

SUNSCREEN CELEBRITIES
Check out Rex Dupain's latest
exhibition at the Bondi Pavilion
from January 13-28. Dupain has
travelled from Sydney to Coney
Island, Barcelona, and Sorrento,
and also captures the vitality of
families, lovers, Icebergers, and life
savers at Bondi Beach.

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BONDI OPENAIR
Kicking off on January 25, Bondi
Openair is back once again for the
summer season. Tonight's film is
The Disaster Artist, a hilarious true
story of a film so bad it became a
legend. To purchase tickets, and
for more information, please visit
www.openaircinemas.com.au.

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SYDNEY FC v NEWCASTLE JETS
For the second time this season,
Sydney FC will host the Newcastle
Jets at Allianz Stadium from
7.50pm. Fans are encouraged to
arrive early and allow plenty of
time to enter the venue. You can
get your hands on tickets by visiting
www.sydneycricketground.com.au.

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THURSDAY

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18
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BELLY OF A DRUNKEN PIANO
Stewart D’Arrietta and his band
present the world premiere of
‘Belly of a Drunken Piano’ at
Leadbelly, Newtown, this evening
from 6.00pm. Expect D’Arrietta’s
dynamic delivery, bursting with
emotion, in his signature raw vocal
style. Visit www.oztix.com.au.
CLICQUOT HOUR AT NOBO
Celebrating the perfect combo of
food, Champagne, and Bondi’s
lifestyle, the Clicquot Beach Hut
will take over North Bondi Fish
every weekday until January 26.
$30 includes a flute of Veuve
Clicquot and a snack. Please visit
www.northbondifish.com.au.

SYDNEY SIXERS v BRISBANE HEAT
The Sydney Sixers and Brisbane
Heat face off at the Sydney Cricket
Ground today. It promises to be an
entertaining contest between two
clubs that have had some memorable matches over the years. For
tickets and information, please visit
www.sydneycricketground.com.au.

SYDNEY SIXERS v MELB STARS
The Sydney Sixers and Melbourne
Stars will meet in the last regular
season game of the Big Bash
League. Sydney and Melbourne
have been two of the competition’s
fiercest rivals over the years. For
tickets and information, please visit
www.sydneycricketground.com.au.

CRICKET LEGENDS LIVE
Join cricket legends Sir Ian Botham
and Jeff Thompson for an evening
of anecdotes and questions at Coogee Diggers from 6.30pm. Tickets
are $100, or $900 for a table of ten,
and a two-course meal is included.
You can book at reception, or visit
www.coogeediggers.com.au for info.

LULU'S TUNES & TACOS
Get down to Lulu's on Coogee
Bay Road for Tunes & Tacos every
Thursday from 3pm until late.
Enjoy $10 frozen margaritas and
margherita pizzas, as well as $10
tasty tacos (2) and $12 jugs of beer
and jalapeno poppers. Please call
8960 0454 for more information.

DECLUTTERING WORKSHOP
Waverley Library welcomes you
to join the team from LessMess
and develop personalised solutions
to conquer the clutter in your life.
Being organised saves time and
money. To book your spot, please
go to www.eventbrite.com.au and
search ‘Decluttering Workshop’.

FOOD ADDICTS MEETINGS
Tonight, Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is hosting
one of its twice weekly meetings,
which are held every Wednesday at
7pm and Friday at 10am at Salvation Army Hall, 100 Boyce Road,
Maroubra. For more info, please
visit www.foodaddicts.org.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
The whole family will enjoy seeing
Toad, Ratty, Mole, Otter, and
Badger, as well as the rascally
Weasel, come to life in the Royal
Botanic Gardens from Friday,
January 5 to Sunday, January 28.
Family tickets are only $90. Visit
www.shakespeareaustralia.com.au.

ASHES SERIES (DAY THREE)
Today, Australia and England face
off in day three of the final Test
of the 2017/18 Ashes series at the
Sydney Cricket Ground. No one
works at this time of year so you
can afford to make a day of it. For
tickets and information, please visit
www.sydneycricketground.com.au.

SUNDAY SUNDOWN @ COOGEE PAV
The Coogee Pavilion celebrates live
music all summer long with Sunday
Sundown. DJs will be playing
every Sunday from 5pm, January's
residency is Linda Marigliano and
Swick. Wind up your week with a
Sunday session by the beach. Visit
www.merivale.com/sundaysundown.

FLICKERFEST - THE WORLD'S BEST
Watch the world’s best short films
under the stars at Bondi Beach at
the 27th official Flickerfest short
film festival. For more information,
visit www.flickerfest.com.au. Tickets can also be purchased from the
box office at Bondi Pavilion one
hour prior to each session.

POLO AT PALM BEACH
Hitchcock Park, Palm Beach,
plays host to Polo by the Sea today.
Polo by the Sea is part of the
Urban Polo circuit, which is the
largest national polo series in the
world. For more information, and
to purchase tickets, please visit
www.polobythesea.com.au.

SUMMERAMA
Looking for some summer magic?
Join Waverley Council’s Summerama program and learn about
some of the animals that call the
ocean and local bushland home,
along with other exciting activities.
Visit www.eventbrite.com.au and
search ‘Summerama’.

SYDNEY FC v CC MARINERS
Sydney FC and the Central Coast
Mariners will meet at Allianz
Stadium from 7.40pm in what
promises to be an entertaining
contest. Both teams will be vying
for a spot in the finals and this
match will be crucial. Please visit
www.sydneycricketground.com.au.

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND AT THE SCG
Australia and England will face
off in a One-Day International
at the Sydney Cricket Ground
today. The two proud cricketing
nations have had some memorable
contests over the years and this
promises to be no different. Visit
www.sydneycricketground.com.au.

$8 PINTS AT THE COOKHOUSE
If you enjoy drinking delicious
beer in big cold glasses, you'll
be delighted to hear that The
Cookhouse, Randwick, is doing $8
pints of Young Henry’s, Mountain
Goat, and more every Saturday.
Yep, that's right, $8 pints at The
Cookhouse every Saturday!

SYDNEY 7s RUGBY FINALS
The HSBC Sydney 7s finals will
be played today at Allianz Stadium. The tournament kicked off
on Australia Day for three days of
explosive women’s and men’s rugby
between best women’s and men’s
teams from around the globe. Visit
www.sydneycricketground.com.au.

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AUSTRALIA DAY OR INVASION DAY?
We love our country and we've
always enjoyed Australia Day, but
we're well overdue for a mature
discussion about what Australia
Day really means and how we can
have a national day that's inclusive
and fair for everyone - which the
current arrangement is not.

he’s starred alongside screen
giant Cate Blanchett, has an
impressive Australian television
career with roles in Wonderland
and Home and Away, and is an ambassador for Flickerfest 2018, but
Eastern Suburbs resident Anna
Bamford is just getting started.
The Beast caught up with Anna
to talk about what’s next on the
horizon, where her love for acting
began, and all the fun she’s had
along the way.
How are you today Anna? I’m good
thanks. I've just returned from
a pretty busy meeting with skin
care company Dr LeWinn. We’re
planning for the year ahead, which
is pretty exciting. It’s good to
know what they’re doing and what
products they’ve got coming.
Where are you from originally? I
grew up on Sydney's North Shore,
in a leafy suburb called Killara. My
parents still live there to this day.
I went to a school called Barker
College, which was a bit further up
north on the train line, in Hornsby. I had a great teacher called
Damian Ryan. He was my drama
teacher and now he is the director
of the Jove Theatre Company here
in Sydney. That's sort of where my
passion for acting began.
Do you still go back to Killara much
to visit your parents up there? Yes,
I do actually, I love going home.
My room's still there so I love to
go home to see them, and kind of
get away from all the noise.

You’ve spent a fair bit of time in
the Eastern Suburbs, can you tell
us a bit about that? I'm currently
living in Paddington, just until
January, but before that I was living
in Bondi for, I would say, about two
and a half years. I think I prefer
that area of Bondi more around
Tamarama, which is a bit quieter.
My favourite was always Bondi in
the winter because it was quieter.

The thing I dislike about
the area is probably
getting stuck in here.
There's a tendency - at
least I have a tendency
- to kind of never leave,
because everything you
need is here.
Why did you move from Bondi to
Paddo? I moved from Bondi to
Paddington because I had just
returned from six months overseas
and wanted a change. I love the
Eastern Beaches but I wanted to
be closer to the city and it was only
temporary - for the time I was
back in Australia - so thought I’d
change it up, and nothing beats
Paddington in spring.
Don’t you find Paddington a bit
sterile? Not at all, there’s a great
sense of community in Paddington
- the William Street Festival is the
first thing that springs to mind.
There’s also a great restaurant and
bar scene in Paddington, along

with the cafés in Five Ways and all
the Australian designers at ‘The
Intersection’, which creates a really
close-knit community. I think it’s
the opposite of sterile.
Any awesome local eateries that
you would recommend to our readers? Some of my favourite cafés
are around the beaches, like The
Shop & Wine Bar in Bondi -
they do amazing BLTs - and I also
love Out of the Blue in Clovelly,
where they do the best burgers.
Is there anything that you dislike
about the Eastern Suburbs? The
thing I dislike about the area is
probably getting stuck in here.
There's a tendency - at least I have
a tendency - to kind of never leave,
because everything you need is
here. It's a blessing, but it's also a
curse, I guess.
And what’s your favourite thing
about living here? My favourite
thing is probably the community.
I love having everything so close
and within my fingertips, but
there's definitely a tendency to
never leave, because it is so beautiful. That stretch from Bondi to
Coogee, that's probably one of my
favourite things, the coastal walk.
I mean, I'm sure everyone says
that. But I'd say my favourite thing
from here is Marks Park.
How did you get into acting? I
actually used to always be really
shy growing up. Well, not always,
that's a lie. I did drama class at
January 2018 | The Beast 45

high school but I used to always
make up excuses to miss drama
class. And then I did this exercise,
it was like an assessment and we
did a piece on The Importance of Being Earnest, and I just sort of read
the lines and did the performance
and didn't really think much of it,
but then afterwards I knew I loved
it. I knew myself, I enjoyed doing
it, but I was dead as well - like,
I was quite nervous. And then,
after that performance, my teacher
came up to me and said, “You're
actually really good at this, you
should consider taking this more
seriously.” And it was from then
that I really started thinking that it
could be a possibility for me.

I learnt how lucky I
was. I learnt that even
without words people
can speak the same
language. I learnt that a
lot about myself too.
You studied nursing before pursuing acting. Can you tell us about
that? Pursuing nursing was purely
for my parents. They wanted me to
have a back-up plan, which in hindsight was incredibly smart and I'm
glad that they pushed me to do that.
The industry is so up and down, you
really never know when the next job
is going to be, or how long that job
is going to last. So I was studying
nursing for six months, and then
I just stopped, even before I had
gotten into drama school, because
I knew that it wasn't for me. And
that's when I went travelling and
did some volunteer work in Kenya
and Tanzania. And then I came
back and auditioned for drama
school the next day, and then
got into the Western Australian
Academy of Performing Arts
(WAAPA), so it all happened really
quickly. And then I was moving to
Perth four weeks later.
Can you tell us a bit more about
your charity work in Africa? When
I was 19, I quit studying nursing,
packed my bags, and did two
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months of volunteer work with an
NGO in a school and orphanage
in Mombasa, Kenya, followed by a
safari. It was an extremely rewarding and eye-opening experience.
What did you learn from that experience? A lot! I learnt how lucky
I was. I learnt that even without
words people can speak the same
language. I learnt that a lot about
myself too. It was the first trip I
had done on my own and, as a 19
year-old, I had to look after myself.
I really wanted to push myself and
back myself. I had always been
so interested in other cultures so
learning about the African people,
especially the Maasai culture, was
very eye-opening. I think it taught
me to be more patient, empathetic,
and grateful, and it made me think
more laterally, which has helped
me with my career a lot.
Do you have any aspirations today
of getting into any other fields?
I'm really interested in interior
design - that's a big passion of
mine - and the hobbies I do, like
pottery and a bit of drawing.
Were there any similarities
between the character of Miranda
in Wonderland and yourself? Yes,
actually, there were a lot. Funnily
enough, after I graduated from
drama school I moved into a sunroom in Sydney, and that's exactly
what happened to Miranda. I
remember at the time finding it
quite funny that it was basically exactly the same. Other similarities
were also that she was a female in
her mid-20s trying to find her fate
and establish herself in Sydney,
which is exactly what I was doing.
Did you find that helpful, or would
you prefer playing roles that are
different to yourself? I think you
have to find similarities and differences in every role that you play. I
loved playing Miranda. Still to this
day, I think there was definitely that
similarity between the two of us.
But playing roles that are different from you is also really fun
and always interesting; they always
open you up and make you look

at yourself from different angles. I
think that, as an actor, it's your job
to find parts in those characters
that aren't like you within you.
When you're playing a character
that isn't like you, it's your job to
access that inside you and blow that
part up. And I think, as well, that
is becoming more interesting for
me and more complex as I'm experiencing life more. The more I'm
growing and doing, the more I'm
able to go, "Oh my gosh, I would've
done this differently or that differently," because you just learn.
I guess an example would be
when I played this character in a
play where she was a murderer.
Obviously I'm not a murderer, but
you've got to find parts of you that
you can access that can make that
character come alive. I think that
is an example of a character that's
different to me that I definitely
had fun playing, but I find that
every character is difficult to play. I
don't know, maybe the characters
that are more like me are more
difficult because you have to look
at yourself more.
Have you done much theatre at
all? Yes, I have. I just finished a
play in New York on Broadway
this year, which was at the Sydney
Theatre Company in 2015, and the
majority of the study that I have
completed was theatre.
How does your experience in
theatre and then television work
together to inform each other? I
always say that ‘acting is acting’.
What it is for me is a transferral of
energy between the two characters
in the scene, sort of like tennis or
ping pong. I've said this before in
another interview; you are hitting
the ball back, but it's just on a
different level. On screen, obviously, it's the same thing. You're
getting something from your scene
partner and you have to respond
as truthfully as you can. It's just
that the levels are different on each
stage and screen.
Also, I think that with screen
it's much more out of your control
because you don't really know
what's going to happen in the edit

room, whether they're going to use
your reaction from earlier in the
scene or at the end of the scene.
With stage, you're there in the moment and it's really exhilarating.
But, at the end of the day, you are
still being present in the moment
and transferring energy.
Do you think more public money
should be directed to the arts?
Or would you prefer to see it go
towards other things, like health
and education? Yes, I would
definitely love to see more money
directed to the arts to create a rich
and dynamic arts environment.
More funding would enable more
people to access plays, concerts,
and galleries, especially in regional
areas. This creates enormous social
benefits by enriching people's lives
and helping them understand the
world around them. More funding
would also create employment by
allowing more people to participate in the arts. There could also
be economic benefits - cities with
a vibrant arts culture, like London
and New York, benefit greatly
from increased tourism.
Do you think Sydney’s cost of
living is going to render it a
cultural wasteland, as actors and
other artists are forced to move
elsewhere? This could definitely
happen as there are a lack of jobs
in the arts sector. Also, because of
unpredictability of employment,
it's difficult to pay Sydney rents, let
alone save for a deposit for a house
in Sydney.
How should this problem be dealt
with? Firstly, it would be wonderful
if more funding was available,
which could result in more jobs.
Secondly, it would be great if the
government could build more lowcost housing near the centre of the
city where people want to live.
Do you think Hollywood, and
America in general, has too much
influence on Australian culture?
How would you change this? I
think Hollywood and America
are definitely an influence, but not
enough to be overly concerned
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about. I think Australia has a
distinct enough culture for it not
to be overwhelmed by outside
influences. We also have strong
film and music industries, which
have produced some wonderful
talent. More support in the form
of increased funding is always
welcome though!

It’s a really great
chance for filmmakers
to make something and
for their films to be seen
and their messages to
be heard.
This year you're an ambassador for
Flickerfest. What do you love about
this local Academy accredited
short film festival? I guess that
it's the longest running short film
festival that's been in Australia,
and that it can recognise creatives
and artists on the level that it is
recognised on. I think it's a really
iconic festival for Australia. It’s a
really great chance for filmmakers
to make something and for their
films to be seen and their messages
to be heard. I love Flickerfest, I've
been for the last couple of years
and I always love it.
What has the role of ambassador
involved for you? We shot a trailer
with a director who I've actually
worked with twice before. As soon
as I knew he was involved, I was
like, “Yes, yes, yes!” because he's
great, and I really enjoyed my time
working with him.
So every year Flickerfest does
a trailer on an iconic film, and
this year it has been on Crocodile
Dundee, so we brought Mick
Dundee to Bondi Beach and made
this short film depicting him trying
to enter into this festival competition. That's what the trailer is about;
it's about getting that short film
to Flickerfest. It's quite funny and
Mick Dundee is quite hilarious.
Who would you say are your role
models? I'd definitely say Cate
Blanchett. I just worked with her

and I really, really look up to her,
not only as an actor but also as a
woman. Apart from her, my other
role models include Lisa Wilkinson, my mother, and all my close
group of girlfriends, because they
are so important to me.
What advice would you give to
aspiring Australian actors who are
trying to get a break in the industry? That’s a big one. My advice for
anyone aspiring to make it as an
actor would be to be very resilient
and just keep believing in yourself.
Ultimately, a lot of it is out
of your control, so when you're
auditioning for things, don’t take
the audition home with you. It’s
so much easier said than done,
but try and leave the audition at
the audition, because it’s really
stressful otherwise and you’ll go
mad if you think about it too much
and wonder what will happen whether the phone will ring or if
you'll get the part.
After an audition, I try and say,
“Okay, on to the next one,” because otherwise you’ll run yourself
crazy. There are so many different
factors that go into the decisionmaking process, so it’s better to
just be yourself. What’s the point
in changing if it’s so out of your
control anyway? It reminds me of
that quote: “Be yourself, because
everyone else is taken.”
What can your fans expect from
you in the future? I'm about to go
to LA for pilot season, so that's
my next kind of thing that I'm
going to be doing; pilot season
over there. I’ll just be doing lots of
auditioning over there.
What does the future hold for Anna
Bamford? I’m not really sure, and
I’m okay with that. I have always
had a tendency to worry about the
‘what ifs’ and try to control things
that are out of my control, so I'm
determined, this year especially, to
really start to be okay with just not
knowing and just going with the
flow and being true to who I am. I
think that not knowing what the
future holds can turn a scary thing
into an exciting thing.

"EVEN IF I DIE, DON’T CUT THE SHOT..."
Words John Hamilton Pictures Sandy Harbutt
A death-defying motorbike leap off an
80 foot cliff near Lurline Bay, as told
by Stone Director Sandy Harbutt.

1

974. It’s a sunny November
morning and hundreds gather
on the cliffs surrounding Lurline
Bay. A timber ramp points precariously over a rocky precipice.
Waves slap against the rocks 80
feet below. Peter Armstrong,
career stuntman, sits leather-clad
on his Honda 450. Helmet on, he
waits.
Peter’s been kicked, punched,
and thrown about more times than
he can remember; hit front-on
by cars at 70 kilometres per hour,
rolling off the bonnet - no padding
- then straight back up for another
two takes. This might be his oncein-a-lifetime stunt, the one to be
remembered by.
“Even if I die, don’t cut the shot,”
he’d made the director promise.
All is silent. Peter revs his engine.
The director calls, “Action!” Not
quite Hollywood, this is the Australian cult cinema classic, Stone.
Directed by Sandy Harbutt,
critics and bikers alike hailed Stone
as the first honest portrayal of
their lifestyle. A heady concoction
of drugs, sex, guns, and actionfuelled drama; the film was like
nothing Australian cinema had

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seen before. Harbutt also plays
a lead role in the film, and coauthored the screenplay.
A huge fan of Stone, Tarantino
hails Harbutt, “A true visionary,
who has the goods, and delivers
them with a tremendous amount
of impact.”
Tarantino also credits Harbutt
for directing “the most authentic
and realistic ending of a biker
movie in the history of film... when
you see that shot, you’re like – oh
my God, what a movie!”￼
In a rare interview, I caught up
with Stone director Sandy Harbutt,
who agreed to tell us more about
stuntman Peter Armstrong’s legendary leap off Lurline Bay:
I’d written the motorbike jump
into the script, but after looking at
both sides of Sydney Heads, I couldn’t
find a suitable cliff, so I told our
stuntman (Peter Armstrong) we
might have to postpone. About six
weeks later, Peter came back saying
he’d found a cliff, so off we went in
his beloved Valiant Charger (chuckles) to Maroubra.
Standing close to the edge at that
mighty height, I said, “So okay, where
is it?” and he went, “Off here.” I said,
“ You gotta be kidding,” then he says,
“No, I can do it.” “Not on my fucken
movie!” I replied, and walked off.

But he followed. “Stop, no look
sir, stop,” he kept saying. Peter was
so professional he called me ‘Sir’,
even though he was my best friend,
because we were on the job.
So he drags me back and says, “We
can have a ramp, I can get plenty of
speed.” And I said, “There’s fucken
rocks down there!” Then he says,
“Look, Sandy, all my life I’ve been
building to do a stunt like this. You’ve
been building to make this picture.
Give it to me. Give it to me!”
I feel like crying now, and his
crazy, perfect blue eyes - I knew how
brilliant he was, because he could do
anything, this guy. And he was the
toughest guy I ever met.
Anyhow, he eventually convinced
me, and a crowd of about 100 lined
the cliff on the day. I explained they all
had to stay back until I called “Cut,”
because it would otherwise ruin the
camera work. Even I couldn’t look
over until after the shot was done.
Peter tears at the ramp like a
maniac and flies into mid-air. After
seven long seconds I hear a humungous splash, call “Cut,” and look over
the edge. And there he is, floating.
He then sticks his arm up, and the
crowd cheers. But this was actually
just an unconscious twitch – Peter
later told me he couldn’t remember it.
So anyhow, he’d hit, went under, got
the helmet off, and then somehow or
other he surfaces, rolls onto his back,
and is floating unconscious. Once he
made it into that position he passed
out (laughs). So when the rescuers got
to him, he was asleep, and they had
to fish him out. That was the worst
moment of my life; I thought he was
dead. But then he sat up and the
crowd went wild.
The boat then sped off to Coogee,
where an Ambulance was waiting,
while I burnt back on my bike. By
then they were landing the boat
(laughs and sighs). Oh dear, and
there he was - there he was - barely
able to walk. He’d taken a full-body
impact, just like a punch to every
part of your body. He’d hit the water
at God knows what speed, but he
could still stand. Just. So I walked
over and hugged him (laughs). And
the world’s humblest man, he says,
“We did it.” “No, we didn’t do it,” I
said, “you did it, Peter!”

egardless of your age or musical tastes, there will be a festival this summer that tempts you.
Whether it’s jazz in the Botanical
Gardens, or hardcore trance in a
secret forest location west of Byron, there will be some demented
soul in your acquaintance who
will persuade you to forget all your
usual comforts and spend hours,
or even days, ‘enjoying’ yourself
outside.
You’ll forget that last time you
missed the highlight act because
you were in a shadeless seven-hour
queue for the one, fetid portaloo.
You’ll forget that you contracted a
rare form of botulism from a suspicious snag sarnie, and that a tick
lodged itself up your bum. You’ll
forget you caught pneumonia from
an unexpected southerly buster,
or almost died of sunstroke. And
I haven’t even mentioned drugs or
that suspicious fizzy piss known as
‘festival beer’.
Yep, festivals are awful, but if
you are still determined to go to
one, The Unreliable Guide has some
tips and tricks to make sure you
survive:

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CHOOSE YOUR DEALER WITH CARE
Festivals are often magnets for
chancers who want to sell you
food, booze, coffee and drugs that
are inferior, unpleasant or downright dangerous. If the laws of the
land and the festival permit it, take
in your own supply of chips, chardonnay, Ecstasy, Bacardi Breezers
or mull. If, and this is often the
case, you are not allowed to BYO
drug of choice, you can choose
between a dedicated session of
imbibing before entry, or seriously
reconsidering what chemicals you
need to get you through the day.
PREPARE FOR ALL SEASONS
Despite our view that it’s always
lovely here, Australian summer
weather can be very fickle, veering
between debilitating 40˚C-plus
heat to wild, soaking storms lashed
with icy southerly gales. That’s bad
enough if you are at home watching ‘The Block’ with the AC on full,
but if you are stuck in a field full of
dancing idiots you’ll find weather
extremes can be very uncomfortable. Check the weather forecast
carefully and at the very least pack

a hat, sun cream, loose clothing, a
warm waterproof jacket, beanie,
gumboots, icepick, compass...
HAVE A MEETING PLACE
AND STICK TO IT
If we want to find our friends we
usually just phone them, but at
many festivals I’ve attended there’s
been patchy or even no reception.
Plus, phones can get lost, run out
of battery or get pinched. I lost
everyone on the first day at the
UK’s magnificently vast Glastonbury Festival and didn’t find them
until I got home a week later. This
can actually be brilliant - you will
definitely make new friends - but if
you’re keen to keep tabs on the ones
you already have, you need a plan.
Agree on a meeting place as soon
as you have the lie of the land and
stick to it. If you lose each other, arrange to wait there for five minutes
on the hour, every hour. Eventually
you should catch up with everyone.
Finally, The Unreliable Guide suggests you forget the crowds and the
$12 plastic pots of bad beer and just
stay at home. Festivals are awful.

You'd take that down after a few beers.

SEVEN DEADLY SINS
Words Alasdair McClintock Picture Frank Bainimarama

T

he HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series comes to town this
January. Held at Allianz Stadium
on the Australia Day weekend, it is
a competition that only the players and perhaps Fijians - care who wins.
But the series has very little
to do with the actual games. Any
sport that actively encourages you
to dress up in silly outfits has an
astute awareness that people are
there to party, not spectate.
Partying these days is fraught
with danger, however. Social
media, cameras, and unforgiving
political correctness mean it is no
longer safe to buy two cases of beer
on a Friday afternoon and leave
the rest in the hands of the gods.
It helps to have guidelines. So,
here are the seven deadly sins one
must avoid at the Sydney 7s to
ensure, come Monday, you still
have the respect of your family and
friends:
THE MANKINI
It’s been done to death and needs
to be retired. Yep, Borat was funny,
but it was years ago. Get over it.
No one needs to see your junk
neatly outlined in fluoro lycra.

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FULL MASCOT COSTUMES
While I admire your commitment,
wearing a full Teletubby suit in the
middle of summer and drinking
beer all day is fraught with danger.
There is nothing sadder than seeing a headless Tinky Winky passed
out at 3pm.

PITCH INVASIONS
Okay, the aforementioned Tinky
Winky running drunkenly across
the field is a hilarious prospect,
but the pain on your wallet will be
no laughing matter. Even though
your mates say they’ll all chip in,
trust me, they won’t.

BLACKFACE
So, you’ve dressed up as a Fijian
winger and you want to add the
finishing touches to your outfit.
Don’t. Yep, I’ve heard the “political
correctness gone mad!” arguments,
but if you’re deeply offending a
vast range of people, isn’t it best
to just not? In fact, if you’re even
considering it, you should just stay
at home and rethink your entire
personality.

BRINGING CHILDREN
This will no doubt cause some
consternation amongst parents,
but the 7s is not a kid-friendly
zone. Would you bring them to
a nightclub? People are there to
dress up and run wild, not be given
judgemental looks for the odd bit
of profanity and accidental nudity.
Save family time for the regular
season.

TOO MUCH SOCIAL MEDIA
Yep, we get it, you’re at the footy
and you’re having a great time, but
are you? After the third or fourth
Instagram story, one begins to
wonder. One post is acceptable.
Two is questionable. Any more
and you may as well be taking selfies in the bathroom. You’re clearly
not enjoying yourself.

OFFERING IN-GAME ANALYSIS
No one really cares about the
game, much less your opinion on
whether Australia should kick or
run the ball. Anyone who claims
there is strategy to 7s is a goddam
liar. The only relevant commentary you should be giving is, “Get
him!” “Nice hit!” or “Great try!”.
Anything else is self-indulgent and
superfluous.

I hope you’ve had a wonderful festive season and have spent time with loved ones. This
is a great time of year to appreciate what a gorgeous part of the world we all live in.
I’m excited about the coming year in Randwick. We have big plans to continue to make
Randwick an inclusive, vibrant and prosperous City. We want to keep delivering high
quality services, build new community facilities and make Randwick City safer by
protecting crowded places from terrorism and addressing domestic violence.
We launched an important community consultation last year, which is still open for your
feedback. It’s called Our Community Our Future and asks for your feedback on the best
way to fund these projects.
As this directly affects your rates, we want to know what you think. There are different
ways Council can fund these projects – some will deliver all the projects within 7 years
and involve borrowings, while others will deliver some of the projects but take 15 years.
Please visit our website www.yoursayrandwick.com.au/OurCommunityOurFuture and
share your thoughts with us. Your input is important so we can ensure we continue
working together to build a stronger community.

Arripis trutta, known as kahawai in New Zealand and as the Australian salmon in Australia.

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE...
Words and Picture Dan Trotter

F

antastically, many of my
friends’ young kids are falling
in love with fishing. It’s an exciting
time for us older blokes, as the
reins of the fishing fanaticism are
picked up by wide-eyed youngsters
starting their own journeys of
discovery in life and in fishing.
As with any obsessive pastime
or hobby, you need equal amounts
of love, passion, and patience - as
well as some early success - to
get truly hooked. A good teacher
doesn’t hurt either, but what’s
more important is someone who
has the patience and time in their
own lives to spend some of it by
the ocean or on a wharf, beach,
rocky outcrop, or boat to assist and
oversee the formative times of a
young fisherman’s journey.
I’ve often thought that teaching
a young person to find a passion
in life would be one of the most
rewarding gifts we can give, and
that’s one of the reasons why I
love writing this monthly column;
so that I can inspire those who
already love it to keep on keeping
on and hopefully light the fire of
passion and focus that creates a
great young angler and gives them
a gift for life.
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January is one of the great
months of the year in Australia
to inspire the next generation of
fishermen - fishermen who will
hopefully become custodians for
the oceans and impress upon their
peers, family, and friends just how
important the oceans are for all of
the creatures that live in them.
If you’re thinking of getting
out boat fishing off the coast from
Sydney during January, mahi-mahi
(also known as dolphin fish) are
an awesome target species. They’re
fast growing and they hit hard, run
fast, and taste great, and they are
considered a sustainable catch by
fisheries biologists.
To target mahi-mahi, troll small
to medium sized skirted lures
(similar to those used for a plethora
of gamefish) or slow troll live baits
along current lines, temperature
breaks, or even better still, find
floating objects and fish with baits
(both cut and live) around them.
If you’re fishing with live baits, let
the mahi-mahi run for quite some
distance before tightening up your
line and hooking the fish. Once
hooked, this species will run hard
initially, before jumping and cartwheeling well clear of the surface.

If it’s a decent size it will persist
doggedly, using their deep broad
frame against the current. Be careful when bringing them onboard as
they bounce around a lot. If you’re
using a rig with two hooks it’s not
uncommon for a slow-to-react
angler to get impaled by the second
swinging hook, so dispatch them
quickly, bleed them well, and get
their sweet flesh on ice, pronto.
Of course our Sydney summer
stables will be in full swing with
plenty of fast-moving, small
pelagics working the harbours and
estuaries, mixing it up with - and
even getting eaten by - larger yellowtail kingfish.
In the same estuaries, as well
as offshore, the mulloway should
school up at dawn and dusk and
be hungry for a feed or a well presented fresh, dead, butterflied bait.
Remember, they have big bony
mouths so big hooks are required
for successful fishing, as is setting
the hook and staying tight all the
way through the fight.
This January there’s plenty to
smile about, so get out and spend
some time teaching young boys
and girls how to fish and how to
respect the ocean.

MAYOR‘S MESSAGE
The Bondi Pavilion Stakeholder
Committee was finalised last week
with 17 new members. Thanks to
all those who applied to be part of
the committee. The stakeholder
committee will kick off this new
chapter with work on the Bondi Pavilion and finalise
its report by late January.
For a full list of who is on the committee, and to
keep updated on the project, please head to
waverley.nsw.gov.au/bondipavilionproject.

Happy holidays and Christmas closures
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Events
Summer School
Holiday Program
6–25 January 2018
Summer school holidays are
almost here! If you’re looking
for ways to keep your kids
active and entertained these
school holidays, Waverley
Council has dozens of free
and affordable activities to
choose from. From sports and
coding to photography and
jewellery making, there’s
something for everyone!
To see all our classes and to
book, visit waverley.nsw.gov.
au/holidayprograms.

Summerama 2018

Have a safe and happy holiday season.

Sunday 14 January 2018
9am–1.30pm
Bondi Park, Bondi
Looking for some summer
magic? Come along to
Summerama 2018 with great
activities for all to enjoy!
Learn and meet some of the
incredible animals who call
Waverley’s ocean and bushland
home, participate in fun
recycling and litter challenges
or just come along to chat to
the Second Nature team for
tips on how to live more
sustainably.
This event is free, but activity
bookings are essential. Visit
eventbrite.com.au to book
your activity today.

John Wakefield, Mayor of Waverley

For more event info visit our
website waverley.nsw.gov.au.

Waverley Council’s Customer Service Centre will
continue to be open every day from 8.30am–5pm
over the Christmas period except on the public
holidays. We’re normally open every Thursday until
7pm but just on 28 December the Customer Service
Centre will close at 5pm.
The Bondi Pavilion office will be open every day
except Christmas Day, but will close earlier at 3pm
just on 22 and 30 December. The Library will be open
every day but closed from 24–26 December and
31 December 2017–1 January 2018.

here’s nothing like a hot, sunny
Sunday to draw a crowd to the
beach. Bondi, at its best, has been
known to host thousands of beachgoers at any one time, especially
over Christmas and New Year’s.
To the unsuspecting visitor who’s
decided to pack the car and head
in for a bit of cool relief, it might
be fair to say they could be in for
a shock. Crowds bring traffic, and
with traffic comes road rage.
The term ‘road rage’ came out
of Los Angeles in the late ‘80s
after various random shootings
occurred on a number of interstate
roads and freeways across the city.
It sounds heavy, and perhaps a
little extreme for our Sunday trip
down to Bondi, but with crowded
roads comes stress, and with stress
comes anger that can lead to aggression if left unchecked.
So, what exactly is road rage? I
suspect we all know the answer to
that, but does it play differently
now compared with thirty-odd
years ago? Social media might
hold the answer; it’s full of various
altercations that have been caught
on dash cams and mobile phones.
News bulletins love it and YouTubers can’t get enough of it. Because

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most drivers have experienced it
in some form, it’s worth taking a
closer look at the main emotional
experience here: anger.
Different people experience
anger in different ways. That might
sound a bit light and fluffy but it is
worth a deeper look. At a general
level, people tend to get mad when
their expectations are violated. If
you’re counting on someone to act
a certain way and these expectations are not met, then you’re
more likely to get angry. Anger
can also surface when unpleasant
things happen, such as stubbing
your toe or spilling the milk. It can
also surface if you’re physically or
psychologically restrained, like being on a crowded bus or being told
you can’t have something for what
seems like no good reason.
With this in mind, let’s picture
some poor guy battling his way up
Bondi Road, desperate to get to the
beach. On his hot and now frustrating journey, two separate things
happen that generate two different
responses. First, a truck is parked in
a ‘No Parking’ zone, leaving traffic
backed up trying to merge. Despite
being frustrated and becoming
angry, our man doesn’t really react.

Second, our man, who has almost
made it out of the bottleneck, gets
cut off at the roundabout near the
beach car park entrance by a driver
who fails to indicate. He begins to
turn green, his shirt starts tearing
off his ripped rig as his muscles
bulge, and his pants have turned
purple for some reason.
Why is our man reacting so
differently in the second scenario?
In the first scenario there is no
one in the truck, and hence no one
to actually blame. In the second
scenario, however, he falls directly
into the trap of what is known in
psychology terminology as ‘the
fundamental attribution error’.
This error is actually one of the
most common impulses in human
social reasoning, where upon
trying to interpret someone else’s
behaviour we tend to overestimate
the influence of personal factors
and underestimate the role of
external situational factors.
In other words, he was quick
to blame the other driver’s lack of
regard on their personality and
failed to consider that there may
have been a situational cause that
stopped them from indicating. By
turning into the Hulk, calling the
other driver a so-and-so, and raising his big green middle finger, he
had drawn an inference on the other driver’s character. Unfortunately
the Hulk did not realise that the
other driver had in fact just dodged
an iPhone addicted pedestrian and,
in his flustered state, had forgotten
that his car was a European model
and turned the wipers on by mistake. Hence the failure to indicate
was fully attributed to the person,
rather than the situation.
In the cauldron of road rage,
anger towards another is the main
ingredient. But remember before
you react and start turning into
the Hulk yourself, to take a deep
breath, count to ten, and then
consider that the incident was perhaps due to circumstance and not
the other person’s character. All
that aside, the fact that the driver
of the European car was driving,
well, a European car, takes us onto
another topic for another day:
stereotyping. See you next month.

which all featured in the series,
have since announced lightweight
plastic bag bans.
While we may be getting serious
about fighting this war, the battle
is not yet won. The war on waste
needs all of us. In Waverley we are
constantly working on our own war
on waste with our ambitious waste
targets, and making waste reduction and recycling second nature.

Craig drinks a lot of coffee.

HAVE WE WON THE WAR ON WASTE?
Words Asha Kayla & Nicola Saltman, Waverley Sustainable Communities

H

ave we won the war on waste?
Not yet, but there’s been a
flurry of positive action since the
ABC’s recent TV series War on
Waste hit our screens six months
ago. With over 3.7 million viewers,
the three-part series (plus number
four recently) has shone a light on
the stuff we consume and throw
away, hitting a raw nerve with the
nation.
So, what has happened since
the series aired? Without a doubt,
there has been a huge public and
business response to this series,
with remarkable impacts. It’s said
that a key role of the media is to
give society an honest reflection of
itself, and War on Waste certainly
did that. It has started conversations, promoted local action, and
increased the heat on businesses
and government to do more.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
• On social media, #WaronWasteAU has been the biggest
hashtag campaign in ABC’s his62 The Beast | January 2018

tory. Over 50 independent related
Facebook groups were set up
across the country, with communities eager to do more to change
their current waste status quo.
• Responsible Cafés, a café
discount program for BYO coffee
cups, has increased their membership eight-fold, with 3,000 cafés
now signed up to its program. Join
up at www.responsiblecafés.org.
• Reusable cup manufacturer Keep
Cup reported a 400% increase in
sales as a result of the series, and
single use ‘cup shaming’ is now a
thing in many offices (it is in ours).
• Website recyclingnearyou.com.au
saw a 60% increase in web traffic.
• Compost Revolution reported a
379% increase of new households
signed up from previous average
yearly figures. Worm demand increased so much that all live worm
suppliers in Victoria and NSW
were out of stock for two months
following the May broadcast.
• The big supermarkets, Coles,
Woolworths, and Harris Farm,

JOIN US IN THE GOOD FIGHT
• Recycle your problem waste You can now recycle old mobile
phones, tablets, ink cartridges, and
batteries at new recycling stations
at Waverley Library and the Customer Service Centre.
• Bin it so you don’t swim in it
- Pick up rubbish to protect our
waterways and parks from litter.
It’s a quick win and the marine life
will appreciate it too!
• Join Compost Revolution Recycle your food scraps at home
with discounted compost bins
and worm farms. Please visit
www.compostrevolution.com.au.
• Choose to reuse - Remember
your reusable coffee cup for your
morning fix, and ditch plastic
water bottles and plastic bags for
reusable options.
• Recycle your E-waste - Thanks
to the many who rocked up to
our E-Waste day in November
(even by bike!) to recycle their old
appliances and equipment. Check
out www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/
waste_and_recycling for the next
event. Plastic is recycled into car
dashboards, and the precious metals are recovered and used to create
new electronics.
For more information, please
email secondnature@waverley.
nsw.gov.au.
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activities at our beaches this
January by visiting summeramawave.eventbrite.com.au.
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Bronte local Andy Marks, ABCs
Impact Producer. All facts were
accurate at the time of writing.

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s a sex therapist I am often
asked what actually happens
in a sex therapy session. Sex
therapy is a counselling experience
where the client has identified
their problem as a sexual one.
Unlike other types of counselling, sex therapy focuses on human
sexuality and intimacy; facets of
our lives that are often difficult to
discuss. It is based on open conversation in a comfortable nonjudgmental atmosphere where
single and partnered individuals,
no matter what their sexual orientation, can feel safe.
Sex therapy helps men resolve
issues such as premature or delayed
ejaculation, erectile dysfunction or
impotence, performance anxiety,
sexual problems after illness, and
compulsive sexual behaviours.
Issues for women include painful
intercourse, difficulties experiencing an orgasm, loss of desire for
sex, or problems when reaching
menopause. Both men and women
may struggle with sexual orientation or gender identity.
Through sex therapy, couples
can discuss desire discrepancies,
intimacy issues, jealousies, infideli-

64 The Beast | January 2018

ties, lack of sex education, and other
related relationship problems.
Sometimes the fear of confronting the issue and perhaps discovering that they are not compatible
is so powerful that some couples
delay asking for help. They might
have easily solved their problems
but by waiting too long they suffer
for years and by then it's often too
late to save the relationship.
Most of my clients believe they
are the only ones having sexual
problems. They think their friends
and colleagues have great sex lives.
The media does not help either;
they portray sex as easy, making
it look like everyone has lots of it,
except them.
When I counsel couples, both
have the opportunity to talk about
their issues with the other. They
often can't solve them on their
own because the hurt, anger,
disappointment, accusations, and
fighting have led them to stop
talking altogether.
As I am extremely aware of how
anxious clients may feel talking
about such intimate issues with a
stranger, making them feel comfortable and relaxed is a priority.

The first session for a couple
usually takes about 1.5 hours.
We discuss what they believe the
issue is, when the problem started,
whether their relationship was once
a happier one, why they think the
problem happened, and whether
they've tried to resolve it on their
own. Also, crucially, what they
expect to get out of the session.
There is a sense of safety in a
counselling room that allows people
to divulge and express themselves
rather than staying silent; even
anger is allowed. Often couples
start telling each other things they
usually wouldn't, simply because
Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m there as the mediator.
After seeing them as a couple,
I sometimes see each of them
separately for a confidential session. This time alone often helps
individuals answer the tougher
questions more honestly and
clearly. Anything discussed in this
session is strictly confidential and
won't be brought up in the next
couple session if they don't want
it to be.
I have rarely encountered a
problem between two people that I
didn't feel was somehow resolvable.

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large number of regional
NSW towns are renowned for
their iconic symbols and achievements. Coffs Harbour is famous
for its oversized banana, Ballina
has a massive prawn, Broken Hill
has a large ant, Tamworth is home
to a gigantic guitar, Spike Milligan
put Woy Woy - “the world's only
above-ground cemetery” - on
the map, and Wagga Wagga is
renowned for the large number
of high profile sportspeople it
produces.
But what about Mudgee? I’d
heard of this town but had no idea
where it was or what it was known
for. That changed pretty quickly
when I was invited on a 24-hour
‘Midweek Mudgee Getaway’ to
find out what the region had to
offer. Weekends are extremely
popular for visitors to the Mudgee
region, so in order to disperse
visitors during the week, Mudgee
Tourism cleverly devised Midweek
Mudgee Getaways.
Mudgee is only an easy threeand-a-half-hour drive from Sydney or, as the pelican flies, a breezy
50-minute flight from Kingsford
Smith. During my whirlwind visit
I discovered award-winning world
class wineries, superb restaurants,
and even a vintage motorcycle museum. I also got to take in a stunning aerial view of the region in a
breathtaking helicopter joyride...
After landing in Mudgee,
we drive straight to the awardwinning Robert Stein Winery &
Vineyard, which is also home to
the renowned Pipeclay Pumphouse
Restaurant and the vineyard’s
antique motorcycle museum. We
are given a short yet thorough
introduction to the history of the
award-winning winery, and not
long after we are tucking into egg
and bacon gnocchi with pipeclay
pork and wild mushroom fricassee,
while other guests sample the delightful truffle oil scrambled eggs.
Early morning glasses of superb
locally grown champagne are appraised as we learn that most of the

66 The Beast | January 2018

produce on the menu is grown or
bred on the Stein winery farm.
We take a walk through Robert
Stein’s motorcycle museum after
breakfast to see his collection of
antique bikes, before our group of
eight is split up to experience some
of the activities on offer.
Midweek Mudgee Getaways
offer fishing, camping, golf, watersports, trike biking, and nature
walks - just to mention a few of
the activities that are available for
visitors to experience.
Some of our group decide to
play golf with the companionship
of legendary television personality Ken Sutcliffe - a passionate
Mudgee resident himself. The rest
of the group is organised to go on
trike rides, sculpture walks, nature
walks, and private stud tours, all to
be finished off with vineyard visits
and tastings.
Myself and a colleague decide
on something a little more exciting. Straight after breakfast we
hop onto a Mudgee Helicopter,
which is waiting for us in front
of the restaurant, and embark
on a 45-minute helicopter tour
of Mudgee and its surrounding
districts. Highlights of the flight
on this beautiful clear spring
morning include spectacular views
of the vineyards, the neighbouring
towns, and the sparkling cobalt
blue waters of Windamere Dam.
The flight is captivating but it
comes to an end all too soon as we
land in the Rylstone region, one of
Mudgee’s closest neighbours. We
visit a beautiful boutique winery,
De Beaurepaire Wines, renowned
for producing French-style wines,
and are met by the owners and
their daughter, who emanate a
wonderful warmth and charm.
During an information session
we learn that the vineyard has
the same soil characteristics and
weather as Burgundy, Champagne,
and the Northern Rhone Valley
in France, hence why these wine
growing regions, in particular the
De Beaurepaire vineyard, are now

producing some of the world’s finest French-style wines.
Between wine tastings and
cheese platters, we’re given a comprehensive history of De Beaurepaire Wines. We learn how, due
to the popularity of their product
and the small quantities produced,
their wines are only available at
very high-end hotels.
We bid farewell to De Beaurepaire Wines, along with our Mudgee helicopter, and continue our
adventure by car to the little town
of Rylstone, where we are hosted
for lunch at a dumpling restaurant
named 29 Nine 99. After lunch
we attempt to shake off the 1,000
delightful dumplings we’ve just
demolished by taking a short stroll
through town. Hopefully this will
free up a little wine-tasting space as
our next cellar door is just around
the corner, at Logan Wines.
We check into our overnight
accommodation at the luxury
Peppertree Hill and freshen up
before our last tasting for the day
at the certified organic winery,
Lowes Wines. Their tasting room
is shrouded in blooming purple
wisteria, overlooking some of Australia’s most beautiful countryside.
Their award winning Chardies,
Pinots, and bubbles are offered up,
and antipasto platters are served.
After the tastings we dawdle to
a hatted restaurant called the Zin
House Restaurant, which is part
of the Lowes vineyard. The dinner
is delicious and, together with a
selection of Lowes wines, leaves
an indelible memory as we all get
to reminisce about our Midweek
Mudgee Getaway.
Mudgee Tourism
www.visitmudgeeregion.com.au
Mudgee Helicopters
www.mudgeehelicopters.com
FlyPelican
www.flypelican.com.au
Where to stay
www.peppertreehill.com.au

ALBUM #1
Artist Sampa the Great
Album Birds and the BEE9
Reviewer Alasdair McClintock
Rating 
Aussie hip-hop has been in a state of flux for a while
now, some may argue forever. There is hope though,
a light appearing from the edges. It comes in the
form of artists like Sampa the Great and Remi (who
features on this album), who have unsurprisingly
come from backgrounds that have perched them on
the fringes. What makes Sampa so great though, is
that it’s not a whinge, but a proud defiance. ‘Flow’ is
a term often used in hip-hop. Well, Sampa’s flow is
like a mountain stream rolling over ancient pebbles;
smooth, cool, and clear.

ALBUM #2

MOVIE REVIEW
TITLE The Florida Project
GENRE Drama
REVIEWER Linda Heller-Salvador
Writer/editor/director Sean Baker (Tangerine)
has teamed up once again with his usual co-writer
Chris Bergoch to create another award-winning
film with a social commentary about marginalised
people. The Florida Project looks at the lives of a
young, rebellious and streetwise mother and her
rambunctious daughter who are struggling to live
on the fringes of society in Florida.
Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and her unemployed mother Halley (Bria Vinaite) live a day
to day existence in a low-budget motel managed
by Bobby (Willem Dafoe). Much to his feigned
annoyance, the mischievous Moonee does what all
six year-olds do during summer holidays, that is,
hangs out with friends and pulls pranks.
Halley is very much a child herself and has
no knowledge of how to raise her daughter and,
although Moonee is enjoying the carefree days of
her childhood, she is oblivious to the dangers she
is in by being constantly left unsupervised.
You would not know by the calibre of this film
that most of the cast are acting novices. Baker is
a director who has shown that you don’t need big
actors or budgets to create a film that is not only
wonderfully entertaining and humorous but also
has a heart, soul, and conscience.
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Artist Noel Gallagher’s HFBs
Album Who Built the Moon?
Reviewer Alasdair McClintock
Rating 
When you’re the lippiest bloke in the world, you want
to make sure anything you release is up to scratch. Not
that I think Noel Gallagher would lose too much sleep
over it. This has all the standard ingredients for alternative British music: airy soundscapes, pretentious
grunge, and vague lyrics with a bittersweet mixture of
cynicism and optimism. Gallagher is, in fact, Britain
personified. He briefly took over the world, only to
fall and retreat to his roots, then reverted to making
humorous snipes, while continuing to do okay, but not
great. And yet, we all still kind of like him.

ALBUM #3
Artist Slum Sociable
Album Slum Sociable
Reviewer Alasdair McClintock
Rating 
It’s always nice to discover new bands quite accidently.
It was an overcast morning, I was searching for
inspiration, just the tiniest of sparks, and I impulsively
clicked on this album under the ‘New Music’ section
of iTunes. I still didn’t get any work done, but I at least
found a sweet new album to listen to. A Melbourne
duo, they have apparently been around for some time,
yet this is their debut full-length. It is well worth a
listen. Understated and lo-fi, there is an ethereal melancholy to it that compels me to stare longingly upon
a sad, yet peaceful, grey landscape.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FROM AROUND THE BEACHES
Words Lisa Anderson Picture Colin DeCosta Instagram @colindecosta
BELLY OF A DRUNKEN PIANO
Stewart D’Arrietta and his band
present the world premiere of Belly
of A Drunken Piano on January 4 at
Leadbelly in Newtown. D’Arrietta
is known for bringing strong
creative vision, wry humour, and
unique grit to his interpretations
of the greats, including Ian Dury,
Randy Newman, and Tom Waits.
Here he turns his hand to some
grittier ‘down and dirty’ material,
while also touching on beautiful
ballads from some of the most
enigmatic, intelligent, and influential songwriters of our time. Visit
www.tickets.oztix.com.au.
ROSA KREL: A VOICE IN EXILE
Rosa Krel will be performing
her new show, A Voice in Exile, at
Trackdown Studios in The Entertainment Quarter from 7.00pm on
January 21. This show is focused
on the power of the human voice
and is especially relevant to our
current climate, the power of a
woman’s voice, and its capacity to
affect people. Composed throughout varying times and genres, the
songs are all in protest of a governing system. The format of the show
is classical melodies presented with
piano, variations of these melodies
paired with ‘90s gangster hip hop,
and contemporary songs that connect with the theme. Tickets will
be available on the door.

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BOLSHOI COMES TO BONDI BEACH
Waverley Council and Russian
Ballet International are bringing
the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive to Bondi Beach this
summer. The workshop will take
place from January 2-13, and for
the first time Australian dancers
will work with current Bolshoi
master teachers and faculty from
the academy in Moscow. This rare
opportunity will bring today’s
unique Russian training in the cultural tradition of classical ballet to
Bondi. Events for the community
include open lectures, classes, and
performances. Please visit www.
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SUNSCREEN CELEBRITIES
Collected and exhibited internationally, Rex Dupain has been
a finalist in the Art Gallery of
NSW’s Sulman, Archibald, and
Wynne prizes. Sunscreen Celebrities
is a free exhibition to be held at the
Bondi Pavilion from January 1328. Seeking new perspectives on
beach culture, Dupain has travelled
from Sydney to Coney Island, Barcelona, and Sorrento and captures
the vitality of families, lovers, and
lifesavers against the fine sands of
Bondi Beach. Whether it is a slight
hand gesture, a languid pose, or a
torso flexed in motion, each subject
is responding to the elements. Visit
www.waverley.nsw.gov.au.

ST. GEORGE OPENAIR CINEMA
In its 22nd season at Mrs Macquarie’s Point from January 7 to
February 17, this outdoor cinema
program will feature a line-up of
18 premiere and preview screenings, opening with the Australian
premiere of Steven Spielberg’s The
Post with Meryl Streep and Tom
Hanks. In addition, the program
will showcase new releases, including The Greatest Showman starring
Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams. Other program highlights
include the Australian premiere of
National Geographic’s documentary, Jane, Simon Baker’s comingof-age directorial debut, Breath,
and Warwick Thornton’s awardwinning film, Sweet Country. Visit
www.stgeorgeopenair.com.au.
BUSKING AT ROYAL RANDWICK
The Royal Randwick Shopping
Centre Busking Festival provided
young local musicians with an opportunity to showcase their talent
and to raise money for the Sydney
Children’s Hospital Randwick.
The buskers raised $1,203.35 and
awards were won by Riley, Ollie,
Amber, Jarrad, and Marc. The
event was organised by Hailey
from local music school, Directions in Music, who also supports
the hospital via buskers in-centre
at the monthly markets, with all
money raised going to the hospital.

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A LITTLE MORE CAFÉ
DELIVERS SO MUCH MORE
Words Dining Dave Insta @diningdave Picture The Sydney Brunch Crawler

O

ne of my favourite things
about doing café and restaurant reviews for The Beast is the opportunity to meet cool, enthusiastic people who have taken a risk by
opening up a new place amongst
a ton of competition. That kind
of passion and determination to
succeed is a beautiful thing to see
in action, and I saw it in action at
Randwick’s newest venue, A Little
More Café.
A Little More Café is run by
a personable young guy named
James, who escaped corporate life
to establish the business back in
September, with the goal of working for himself and contributing to
the local community.
Located on vibrant Belmore
Road, Randwick, between Silver
Street and Waratah Avenue, my
companion and I arrived at A
Little More Café at around 10am
for coffee and a bit of brekky.
I was a little curious as to the
meaning behind the name ‘A Little
More Café’, until James kindly
76 The Beast | January 2018

explained that it is a kind of portmanteau using ‘Belmore’ and ‘a bit
of ’ - a little sample, or representation, of Randwick - neat!
After meeting with Josh the
manager, we sat down with a
couple of excellent coffees to help
soak up the atmosphere. It is quite
a large space, like a calming recess
running off the busyness of Belmore Road; mostly white, glazed
brick and freshly painted walls.
Additions to the motif include a
butcher paper roll for the drinks
menu, a chalkboard for the daily
specials, and large levitating globes
above the room.
Josh then brought us the ‘Juice
of the week’; an icy passionfruit,
coconut water, pineapple, and
orange concoction in a mason jar
with a mint leaf garnish, inspired
by the ice blocks that Josh enjoyed
as a kid.
Head Chef Dean whipped up
three solid breakfast dishes for us
to try: Avocado toast with goat’s
curd, radish, pine nuts, nigella, and

sesame; Sweet potato and corn fritters with green tomato salsa, fried
egg, and ricotta salad; and a Pork
and fennel sausage patty with fried
egg and cheddar on an English
muffin with ‘our brown sauce’.
The muffin was just delicious
- a big, juicy pork sausage patty
drenched in melted cheese and
topped with a perfectly fried egg.
The green salsa elevated the corn
fritters and the addition of sweet
potato provided a surprisingly
rich, full flavour. The avocado toast
was the lighter of the dishes and
complemented the muffin and
fritters well, with top shelf olive
oil and a sprinkling of various nuts
giving it an edge over your average
avocado toast.
We were more than satisfied
with our meals, which you can
order from the breakfast menu
all day - handy if you suffer from
afternoon egg cravings. A Little
More Café also offers their hugely
popular buckwheat hotcakes with
whipped sweet labneh, blood
orange, honey syrup, and poached
fruits (pictured) from Friday to
Sunday.
We were also treated to dessert;
Powdered sugar-dusted brownie
with walnuts, as well as the raspberry friand - both fresh, packed
with flavour, and very aesthetically
pleasing. James was kind enough
to give us an in-house baked carrot
and dark chocolate muffin to take
home and enjoy later (it didn't last
long).
James and his team have certainly found a fine formula with their
high quality, stylish, fresh food and
drink, with cool, friendly staff in a
soothing atmosphere, right in the
heart of Randwick. It seems to me
that A Little More Café offers a lot
more than they’d like to let on.
A Little More Café
56 Belmore Road, Randwick
Phone 0401 190 257
Instagram @alittlemorecafé
Facebook @ALittleMoreCafé
Open 6.00am-3.00pm
Prices $20pp
Cards Accepted Yes
Licensed No

Watcha lookin’ at?

WHAT DO YOU SERVE A GUEST
WHO HASN’T TASTED MUCH AUSTRALIAN WINE?
Words and Picture Alex Russell Twitter @ozwineguy

L

ast week, I was talking to a
British academic at a conference dinner. He’s very used to
French and Italian wines and
hadn’t had much exposure to Australian wine until that trip.
At conference dinners the wines
are generally okay, without being
outstanding. I wanted to show him
some decent drops, so we headed
out to the bar. The markups were
criminal, but the wines were still
interesting.
2016 IN DREAMS PINOT NOIR
(Yarra Valley, about 12.5%)
For its normal $25ish price, this
wine is great value. It’s always nice
to see a wine punching well above
its weight (as do I). With a small
amount of whole bunches, a range
of clones, and even some wild fermentation, this has a lot going on.
Lovely floral and spice notes and an
extremely long palate.
Some think that you need
to spend $30 for a good Pinot.
Compared to what we can get for
$25 from Burgundy in Australia
(because it costs a bit to ship it

here), it stood up well, despite being $75 at the bar.
2016 WIRRA WIRRA ORIGINAL
BLEND GRENACHE SHIRAZ
(McLaren Vale, 14.5%)
This is a pretty full-on wine.
The nose is all about cherry and
raspberry, with some herbal aromas
(in a nice way), and it looks almost
impenetrably black. It’s one of those
wines that isn’t sweet in terms of
sugar content (the high alcohol level
indicates that most of the sugar has
been fermented into alcohol), but
has ‘fruit sweetness’, in the form of
a big whack of sweet, red fruit on
the palate. It was chalk and cheese
compared to much more savoury,
lighter, lower alcohol Rhones.
Still, he quite enjoyed it, and for
about $25 ($68 at the bar!), you
can enjoy this label with loads of
history behind it. It went well with
steak and red wine jus.
2016 INNOCENT BYSTANDER
SYRAH (Yarra Valley, 14%)
Some Australian producers use
the word Syrah instead of Shiraz.

This is partially because it is the
French word for Shiraz, but also
because some want an easy way
to show that their wine is not like
your typical Barossa or McLaren
Shiraz; that their wine is more
restrained, more old world.
Was this one? Yes, in a way.
Some whole bunches in here,
unfined and unfiltered, but a
lighter palate. This is a great little
drop for $25 (or $57... you get
the picture by now). It is a fair bit
more restrained, and suited our
guest to a tee.
Many Australian wines are
generally more flavourful, higher
in alcohol, and designed to be
drunk young compared to their
French counterparts. Part of it is
the climate, but part of it is due to
decisions by winemakers.
So, if you had a guest in town,
what would you serve them to
show them Australian wine?
Would you go with a Barossa Shiraz? A Margaret River Cabernet?
A Hunter Semillon perhaps? Or
something else completely?
January 2018 | The Beast 77

boiling water in a saucepan over
medium heat and stir regularly
with a wooden spoon for 5-7 minutes until all of the water is evaporated and a thick paste is formed;
7. In the food processor, whiz the
date paste, macadamia nuts, coconut cream, and vanilla for a few
minutes until completely smooth
and add sea salt to taste;
8. Pour this mixture on top of
the cooled base and place in the
freezer to set;
9. For the topping, combine all of
the ingredients in a small mixing
bowl, pour on top of the caramel
filling, and allow it to set in the
freezer for at least four hours or
overnight before serving;
10. Store in an airtight container
in your freezer for no more than
two weeks.
Cath Noonan is a self-confessed
health-foodie, recipe creator, and
nutrition student, as well as the
founder of healthy food blog, I
Heart Scratch. Check out the
delicious food pics on her Instagram account, @i_heart_scratch,
and find more recipes by visiting
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Would you have a look at that.

ROCKY ROAD WITH EDGE
Recipe and Picture Jacqueline Alwill

I

’m all for indulging in moderation, but I’m even more for
finding simple swaps to create
delicious treats that are nourishing
and also help to make the more
indulgent cravings melt away, like
a rocky road pumped full of whole
food ingredients that looks and
tastes like the real deal, without
the guilt that often accompanies
such indulgence.
Introducing Rocky Road with
Edge. The winner in this one is
the strawberry jelly, which takes
the place of the marshmallow. I’ve
used a pasture-fed gelatin that’s
rich in gut-loving nutrients to
make the strawberry jelly, and then
added whatever fun and nutritious
foods were on hand in the pantry
to create the chewy, crunchy,

METHOD
1. To make the strawberry jelly,
place the strawberries in a blender
and blitz to puree, then transfer to
a small saucepan, add sweetener
(rice malt syrup/maple/honey) and
place on medium heat to warm so
it is almost hot;
2. While the puree is warming,
mix together the gelatin and water
with a fork in a separate bowl (it
will become quite solid but don't
worry, it won't stay that way);
3. Once the strawberry puree is
warm, pour over the gelatin mix
and whisk together until lumps are
broken up and the mix is a smooth
consistency;
4. Pour into a lined cake or loaf tin
and place in the fridge to set for
two hours;
5. Once set, cut into cubes, ready
to pop into the rocky road;
6. Make the chocolate by melting
the coconut oil, then add cacao,
rice malt syrup/maple/honey, and
orange zest and whisk until lovely
and glossy;
7. Line a loaf or rectangular cake
tin with baking paper and arrange
half the figs, hazelnuts, strawberry
jelly, apricots, and goji berries. Pour
half of the chocolate and repeat;
8. Place back in the fridge to set
for two hours, then slice and eat.
This delicious recipe was provided
by local nutritionist and author
of Seasons to Share, Jacqueline
Alwill. For whole food catering,
nutrition workshops, recipes,
and much more, please visit
www.thebrownpaperbag.com.au.

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ACROSS
1. Band that won
the 2017 ARIA
for best album
and group (4,2,6)
8. Is sometimes
the largest lake in
Australia (4)
9. Radio station
that has moved
its Hottest 100
countdown from
Australia Day
(6,1)
10. ‘And the rest’
in Latin (abbrev.)
(3)
11. Dull heavy
sound (4)
15. Noah’s boat
(3)
16. Singer inducted into ARIA Hall
of Fame in 2017,
Daryl ... (11)
20. Old concentrations of riches
(9)
21. Polynesian
dance (4)
22. Religion
with not many
members (4)

TRIVIAL TRIVIA
Words Cameron Anderson Picture Amaury Tréguer Instagram @morningbondi
1. True or false: The name of the
Twitter bird is Larry, named after
legendary basketballer Larry Bird.
2. What is the name of the
volcano that erupted in Bali in
November 2017?
3. Which American president
had the middle name Milhous?
4. Which Australian city will

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host the 2018 Commonwealth
Games?
5. Melbourne is the birthplace
of three basketballers who were
selected first in the NBA draft.
Who are they?
6. Which NRL club has lost the
most grand finals?
7. Which Football player has

scored the most goals in the
A-League?
8. Who has served the most years
as a member of parliament in
Australia?
9. Where in Australia is the lowest occurring natural point?
10. What is the highest grossing
Australian film of all time?

PISCES FEB 20-MAR 20
Every time you walk away from a
group of your friends, they start
talking about you immediately,
and it’s mostly negative.

LEO JUL 23-AUG 22
Have some fun while you’re young
or you’ll really regret your lack of
experimentation with party drugs
when you’re too old to enjoy them.

ARIES MAR 21-APR 20
If you find yourself contemplating
whether or not to engage in sexual
activity with a relative, I reckon
you may as well just go for it.

VIRGO AUG 23-SEP 23
Only worry about the things you
can control, which means worry
about nothing, because you have
no influence over anything.

TAURUS APR 21-MAY 21
Even though your junk smells like
a prawn cracker, go easy on the
soap; even the tiniest bit up the
urethra will ruin your morning.

LIBRA SEP 24-OCT 23
If your mental health suffers this
month it may be worth reflecting on
your substance consumption before
you enrol in a meditation course.

CAPRICORN DEC 22-JAN 20
All those little things your partner
does to annoy you are like drops
of water in a bucket. When the
bucket’s full, throw it in their face.

GEMINI MAY 22-JUN 21
The water isn’t too cold, you’re just
pissweak. Stop making excuses and
get in the ocean while there’s fewer
people around to see your shit rig.